ALERTS FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. LET’S GET TO MORE BREAKING NEWS AT THIS HOUR. FEDERAL AGENTS RAID A SOUTH SIDE MILWAUKEE CLOTHING STORE, SO IMAGES FROM THE SCENE SHOW MULTIPLE LARGE BOXES WITH THE WORDS HOMELAND SECURITY EVIDENCE ON THEM. YOU CAN SEE IT HERE. NOT SURE IF YOU CAN MAKE OUT THE WORDS THERE, BUT CLEARLY A LOT OF EVIDENCE BEING COLLECTED RIGHT NOW. AND THIS ALL WENT DOWN ON SIXTH AND MITCHELL IN THE CITY’S HISTORIC MITCHELL STREET NEIGHBORHOOD. 12 NEWS NICK BOHR HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE ALL DAY FOR US AND NICK PLENTY OF MOVEMENT THERE WITHIN THE PAST HOUR, RIGHT? THOSE FEDERAL AGENTS ARE ARRIVING HERE THIS MORNING, FORCING THEIR WAY INSIDE DUTY FASHION. YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE DOOR. YOU CAN SEE IT’S BROKEN OUT WHERE THEY FORCED THEIR WAY IN. THOSE AGENTS INSIDE ALL DAY. THEY JUST CAME OUT WITHIN THE HOUR WITH BOX AFTER BOX OF EVIDENCE. HOMELAND SECURITY ON HISTORIC MITCHELL STREET CERTAINLY DREW SOME ATTENTION. I WAS COMING FROM A SCHOOL, AND THE FEDERAL AGENT WAS STANDING OUTSIDE HERE, AND I THINK THEY WERE WAITING FOR SOMEONE. THEN THEY CAME. SOMEONE CAME AND THEY USED, LIKE, DEVICE TO OPEN THE DOOR. DEA ABDULMUTALLAB SHOT THIS VIDEO THROUGH HIS SCREEN. WHEN HE GOT TO HIS APARTMENT ACROSS THE STREET, THEY WERE STANDING HERE OUTSIDE. EVERYTHING IS QUIET. NOTHING LOOKS WEIRD EXCEPT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE FEDERAL AGENTS, FOR SURE SOMETHING IS BIG HAPPENING. THE AGENTS CLOTHING SAID HOMELAND SECURITY AND CBP, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION. THEY WERE FOCUSED ON DUTY FASHION, WHICH, ACCORDING TO THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE, SELLS HIGH END ITEMS FROM DESIGNERS LIKE PRADA AND DOLCE GABBANA. IT’S UNCLEAR WHAT THEY WERE DOING INSIDE, BUT THE AGENTS COULD BE SEEN GOING THROUGH CLOTHING AND AFTER SPENDING ALL DAY IN THERE, THEY CAME OUT WITH BOX AFTER BOX MARKED EVIDENCE. THE AGENTS WOULDN’T TELL US WHY THEY WERE HERE. MILWAUKEE POLICE ONLY SAYING THEY, QUOTE, PROVIDED SCENE SECURITY FOR HOMELAND SECURITY WHILE THEY EXECUTED SEVERAL FEDERAL SEARCH WARRANTS. I DON’T KNOW, I’M SURE IT’S NOT SOMETHING SMALL. YOU KNOW, THAT LOCAL POLICE CAN CAN FIX IT. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE, LIKE, HOMELAND SECURITY, THAT MEANS IT’S SOMETHING REALLY BIG ENOUGH TO BRING THEM AROUND. WE DON’T SEE THEM EVERY DAY. AND SO ON THAT NOTE, WHAT IS HOMELAND SECURITY TELLING YOU TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON THERE? WELL, THEY SAY THAT THEY CAN’T COMMENT ON AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION. SO THOSE AGENTS ARE STILL INSIDE THE BUILDING RIGHT NOW. WE DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A BRANCH OF HOMELAND SECURITY, THOUGH, THAT DOES FOCUS ON ILLEGAL TRADE PRACTICES, INCLUDING COUNTERFEIT FASHION ITEMS. WE CERTAINLY SAW A LOT OF ITEMS BEING COMING
Federal agents raid clothing store in Milwaukee’s Historic Mitchell Street
Federal agents raided Dutti Fashion in Milwaukee, seizing boxes of evidence marked ‘Homeland Security.’
Federal agents raided Dutti Fashion, a clothing store on Sixth and Mitchell streets in Milwaukee’s Historic Mitchell Street neighborhood, collecting numerous boxes of evidence marked “Homeland Security.”Diaa Abdel Modeleb, a local resident, captured video footage of the scene from his apartment across the street. “I was coming from school, and a federal agent was standing outside here. I think they were waiting for someone, and then they used a device to open the door,” he said. Modeleb noted the unusual presence of federal agents, saying, “They were standing outside. Everything is quiet. Nothing looks weird except you know when you see federal agents, for sure something is big happening.”The agents, identified by their clothing as part of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection, focused their attention on Dutti Fashion, which, according to its Facebook page, sells high-end items from designers like Prada and Dolce & Gabbana. While the specific reasons for the raid remain unclear, agents were seen examining clothing inside the store. Milwaukee police stated they “provided scene security for Homeland Security while they executed several federal search warrants.”Modeleb expressed his thoughts on the situation, saying, “I don’t know. I’m sure it’s not something small that local police can fix it. When you see Homeland Security, that means it’s something really big, enough to bring them around. We don’t see them every day.”Homeland Security has not commented on the ongoing investigation, but there is a branch that focuses on illegal trade practices, including counterfeit fashion items.Top Headlines31-year-old Glendale man shot and killed, 34-year-old in custodyMilwaukee tactical situation; three suspects taken into custodySix teens arrested after police chase & crash in stolen carWATCH Body camera footage shows tornado damage in Wisconsin
Federal agents raided Dutti Fashion, a clothing store on Sixth and Mitchell streets in Milwaukee’s Historic Mitchell Street neighborhood, collecting numerous boxes of evidence marked “Homeland Security.”
Diaa Abdel Modeleb, a local resident, captured video footage of the scene from his apartment across the street.
“I was coming from school, and a federal agent was standing outside here. I think they were waiting for someone, and then they used a device to open the door,” he said.
Modeleb noted the unusual presence of federal agents, saying, “They were standing outside. Everything is quiet. Nothing looks weird except you know when you see federal agents, for sure something is big happening.”
The agents, identified by their clothing as part of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection, focused their attention on Dutti Fashion, which, according to its Facebook page, sells high-end items from designers like Prada and Dolce & Gabbana.
While the specific reasons for the raid remain unclear, agents were seen examining clothing inside the store. Milwaukee police stated they “provided scene security for Homeland Security while they executed several federal search warrants.”
Modeleb expressed his thoughts on the situation, saying, “I don’t know. I’m sure it’s not something small that local police can fix it. When you see Homeland Security, that means it’s something really big, enough to bring them around. We don’t see them every day.”
Homeland Security has not commented on the ongoing investigation, but there is a branch that focuses on illegal trade practices, including counterfeit fashion items.
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