WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. – Two neighborhoods, two armed FBI raids.
It all went down in Whitehall Township.
By the afternoon, the scene had quieted down, but earlier in the day, neighbors described a very different picture.
At around noon on Friday, people say law enforcement flooded an area along Columbia Avenue, when the commotion caught one resident’s attention.
“I heard what sounded like a bullhorn,” said Julie Fedon. “And I looked out the window up that way, and I saw the agents, it looked like they had FBI on their vests.”
The situation quickly made her uneasy.
“I was a little freaked out, I’m gonna be honest with you,” Fedon said. “After that, I like stepped away from the window and I locked my doors.”
“I stayed inside after that,” she continued.
Neighbors say multiple people came out of the Columbia Avenue residence during the response, including two women and one young man.
An FBI spokesperson says agents were conducting court authorized law enforcement activity, but wouldn’t say what kind of activity.
About a half-mile away, over on 3rd Street, a similar scene played out.
“I was in my house, and all of a sudden I heard this loud boom,” said Jerry Weed. “I thought maybe there was an accident.”
Weed lives near 3rd Street. When he went to check, he says the street was already shut down.
“I see the police and FBI had the road shut down. And I’m just wondering what the heck is going on,” Weed said. “This is normally a quiet area. You don’t see this every day. So to see this, it was a little bit of a shock.”
Mike Nester | for WFMZ-TV
The FBI has not said why it raided the two homes or if there were any arrests.
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Mike Nester | for WFMZ-TV