By COLlive reporter
Without sirens or advance notice, security personnel swamped a side street in Los Angeles, home to many frum Jewish families on Thursday.
Residents of Alcott, near the busy intersection of Pico Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard, were told to stay in doors as FBI agents raided a duplex on the street.
Then, helicopters began circling the area while LAPD vehicles and SWAT units reportedly joined in. The street was soon closed off and one mother living on the street was told to “stay indoors.”
Rosa Ordaz of the news desk at NBC Los Angeles tweeted: “#FBI was assisting #LAPD w investigation, when they came across potentially hazardous materials. Pico-Robertson area.”
One resident told COLlive.com that he saw 3 young men “in their 20s, 30s” were taken into custody, as agent remained on the street with drawn-out weapons. A command post was set up and no cars were being allowed in or out.
“Police now told us that it’s all safe now and that we don’t need to worry,” he said. “But they aren’t saying what happened. All were hearing are rumors about drugs or terror.”
He said that his neighbors that were arrested moved in recently. “Two days ago, their cars hit a car of a Jewish neighbor. He knocked on their door, but they don’t ‘don’t worry about it. Just go’ with a foreign accent.”
your stuipidity astounds me. it obviously isnt bc theyve arrested the man and notified the community
seems like this might be something more dangerous then drugs.
Where can I donate $ to Kenny for all his assiatnce with the FBI. Wow. What a take down. Way to go Shmira and Kenny
I hope our Shmira if Los Angeles (Kenny) has coordinated with the FBI and LAPD to contain this matter.
I heard they work directly with law enforcement.
what on earth? that’s terrible! I feel so bad for those people.
hashem should send them peace.
Hazardous material means bomb making material or guns not drugs. Sounds like terrorists who were arrested not jews
Ever heard of a meth lab?
Hello this is LA movies are being shot there all
The time.
Are you suggesting that potentially violent people whop may also be terrorists should not be investigated after acting suspiciously and hitting peoples cars and then telling them to ‘go away’ when they come to resolve the issue?
That right there is a criminal act, it’s called a hit and run, and you think these are innocent people who ‘did nothing to deserve this’?
It’s still going on at midnight. FBI everywhere.
Perhaps nothing more than being Jewish!
I’m wondering why this is and what these ppl did to deserve this
drugs. Plus the persons in question have accents.
it was SOOOOOO scary we saw it on the way back from school
May Hashem watch over all of us.
Please keep us posted.