Crime & Safety

FBI Conducts Raid at West Bloomfield Home

A neighbor says agents have been at the home on Maple Mill Court since Wednesday morning.

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The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) combed through a home in the 7300 block of Maple Mill Court Wednesday, for reasons that are not being disclosed. 

WXYZ-TV reports that the FBI also raided the homeowner's business, a Tubby's Sub Shop in Lake Orion. 

At least six vehicles, none of them marked, were in the West Bloomfield neighborhood at around 7:50 p.m. FBI spokesman Simon Shaykhet said the agency conducted a "law enforcement operation," but gave no further details about why they were there. Agents confiscated several opaque boxes of items.

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The FBI has been at the home since early morning, according to neighbor Larry Folkoff.

Folkoff said the house is occupied by a husband and wife and their children. He said he was surprised by the activity. 

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"I didn't know him (the husband) too well," Folkoff said. "He seems to be a nice guy. He always said hello."

He believes the family has lived in the neighborhood for 10 years or more.  

"You'd always see the husband out playing," Folkoff said. "They're just regular neighbors." 

Stay tuned to West Bloomfield Patch for more on this developing story. 


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