Posted on 09/28/2011 4:19:25 PM PDT by Notary Sojac
A massive drug raid in Roswell last week targeted dozens of people at homes across the city.
But one of those homes didn't have what police were looking for, and their unexpected visit left the people inside shaken and upset.
It started shortly after Nancy Parker's husband came home from work Friday evening.
"There came this huge bang on the door, front door, sounded like the door was going to fall in," recalled Parker.
She said her husband opened the door to multiple officers in raid gear with guns drawn.
"We were completely shocked, upset," she continued. "I was panicked because I've never had anything like this happen to us before, never."
She said the officers demanded to come inside her home.
"And my husband asked, 'Do you have a warrant? Who are you looking for?' and they said, 'Gerald Sentell,'" Parker said. "We don't even know this person."
DEA agents said Sentell is one of the fugitives officers were looking for during last week's drug bust.
A DEA spokesperson told News 13 the agents were following up on a citizen's tip that Sentell was at the home.
Parker said she and her husband were wary of cooperating because they weren't sure what was going on.
When asked if she thought the officers could have been imposters, Parker replied, "Yes. That's very much what we thought, and that's why my husband said no, you're not coming in this house without a warrant."
The DEA spokesperson said the agents left when they were denied entry by the couple.
Parker said she's still not over the incident.
"I felt like I was in a nightmare, you know this doesn't happen to us," she said. "All I could tell you is I couldn't move, I couldn't even hardly think, I was so afraid."
DEA officials said every officer involved in the raid had vests with the word, 'Police' clearly marked, and that guns were out of their holsters but were not directly pointed at anyone in this case.
The DEA said all of the officers involved in the raid were following procedure and did nothing wrong.
Police are still looking for Sentell, along with many other suspects from the drug raid.
Courage isn’t the absence of fear, but the mastery of fear. He mastered his fear and said the right thing. He was in a new, unfamiliar, potentially lethal situation and he did well.
Hopefully he’ll soon join FR and learn how to be better prepared.
Yes, unfortunately, many who do resist wind up with dead dogs, fatal injuries and a lot of government-issued casings laying around.
“Got a search warrant?”
“No.”
“Then you can't come in.”
“Well, if (subject person) isn't here, then surely...”
“You are on private property and you have 30 seconds to get lost.”
“We'll be back.”
“No you won't.”
And they left & never came back.
Good for this couple for asserting (and knowing) their rights, a lot of people would just be afraid and let the cops in to mess up their house looking for the phantom drug dealer.
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