JUNE 15, 2015
SOMERTON (WPVI)
SWAT teams raided a home in Philadelphia's Somerton section
and it was all reportedly related to a case of welfare fraud in New Jersey.
It happened Sunday afternoon in the 800 block of Edison Avenue.
Police were assisting the New Jersey Attorney General's Office, who was serving a warrant on the occupant of the rental home.
They eventually broke down the front door, gaining entrance to the home and made at least one arrest.
A witness, who did not want to be identified, spoke to Action News.
"All of a sudden I saw a couple vans and all, maybe about 20 or 15 SWAT team came out and they ran up the driveway. I parked to the side and all of a sudden they said, 'Open the door,' and there was nothing - and they hit it with the battering ram, they went in and they proceeded to come out within five or ten minutes," he said.
Police sources say the case involves hundreds of thousands of dollars in welfare fraud.
That's also what SWAT team members told the witness.
"Insurance fraud and welfare fraud - that's what I heard," he said.
Action News reached out to relatives of the woman arrested but they declined to comment.
A spokesperson was the New Jersey Attorney General has not released any details on the raid.
It happened Sunday afternoon in the 800 block of Edison Avenue.
Police were assisting the New Jersey Attorney General's Office, who was serving a warrant on the occupant of the rental home.
They eventually broke down the front door, gaining entrance to the home and made at least one arrest.
A witness, who did not want to be identified, spoke to Action News.
"All of a sudden I saw a couple vans and all, maybe about 20 or 15 SWAT team came out and they ran up the driveway. I parked to the side and all of a sudden they said, 'Open the door,' and there was nothing - and they hit it with the battering ram, they went in and they proceeded to come out within five or ten minutes," he said.
Police sources say the case involves hundreds of thousands of dollars in welfare fraud.
That's also what SWAT team members told the witness.
"Insurance fraud and welfare fraud - that's what I heard," he said.
Action News reached out to relatives of the woman arrested but they declined to comment.
A spokesperson was the New Jersey Attorney General has not released any details on the raid.
This may turn out to be a case of using a bazooka to capture
a mosquito in New Jersey. The cost of
the raid is more than the alleged fraud money.
We would not be surprised if several of these raiders claim that they
were injured or suffered from stress so that they claim worker’s compensation and
that way they double dip. This is a very
significant problem with cops: they fake
injuries.
We do know that New Jersey has a significant number of
overpaid and overly aggressive cops and swat teams. These people and the teacher’s have bankrupt the
state: very few businesses are moving in
the state, there is a net outflow of residents and businesses and the debt
rating of the state is one of the lowest in all of the United States. Enjoy!