Federal agents wearing tactical gear and wielding assault rifles busted into an apartment in Jackson Heights Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead, according to eyewitnesses and video obtained by THE CITY.
The agents, including Homeland Security Investigations officers along with others wearing jackets emblazoned only with “POLICE,” were there with a “search and seizure warrant” authorizing them to take any electronic device and that made no mention of any particular resident. The warrant had been signed by Eastern District Magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy.
The agents left with a small box, along with a man and a woman who both appeared to be in their 40s or 50s and spoke Spanish, according to eyewitnesses and video reviewed by THE CITY…