FBI raids Germantown home; 1 arrested
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted an operation in a Germantown neighborhood on Friday morning and arrested one person.
The Germantown Police Department said the FBI began investigating an incident in the 2800 block of Leesburg Drive around 6 a.m.
An FBI spokesperson said the agency served a court authorized search and arrest warrant that resulted in the arrest of one individual. Additional information regarding the operation has not been released.
A criminal complaint filed Thursday in federal court says Abed-Al Majid Awwad, whose address is listed at the house on Leesburg Drive, was accused of interstate communication of a threat and stalking. The complaint involves harassing and threatening messages allegedly sent to two females in another state.
“Anybody play w me they getting tortured and dying i will make u kill ur own family at gun point,” read one of the messages listed in the criminal complaint.
An order of temporary detention was entered Friday and the defendant was remanded to marshals’ custody, records show. A probable cause hearing is set for Oct. 23.
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A WREG reporter on the scene spoke with a neighbor who said she heard loud bangs around 6 a.m. She said she looked outside and saw several FBI agents in front of the house, then watched as three to four people walked out with their hands up.
“At 6 a.m., we heard the first boom. It was three of them,” said a neighbor. “Come to find out, it was an FBI device that was trying to get the door down.”
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Several neighbors say one of the people who came out of the house was possibly taken into custody.
Agents were seen walking in and out of the house carrying boxes of documents, laptops, and other electronics. We also saw a K9 sniffing throughout the property.
People we spoke to living near the home described the family as “good people” and said they have never had any issues with the couple staying at the home.
We have reached out to the FBI for any information but have not heard back. We will provide updates when information becomes available.
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