Federal agents have been knocking on doors in Memphis, and they are not there for a wellness check. Video from FOX13 Memphis shows U.S. Marshals and investigators from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s inspector general sweeping through HUD-subsidized apartments and leading several people away in handcuffs.
Officials identified those detained as fugitives wanted on active felony warrants. In the footage, officers can be seen escorting multiple people from what appear to be HUD-managed buildings and loading them into squad cars. Federal authorities say the Memphis operation is part of a series of Marshals-led sweeps aimed at finding fugitives who are living in taxpayer-subsidized housing.
According to a federal statement cited by FOX13 Memphis, “federal, state and local agencies took multiple dangerous fugitives into custody who were living in federally subsidized properties.” That wording is the basis for describing those arrested in the video as “dangerous fugitives” as officers move them out of the complex.
Part of a national fugitive sweep
The Memphis push is not a one-off. Similar multiagency sweeps have rolled through other cities this year under initiatives often described as “Operation Clean House.” In Minneapolis, the U.S. Marshals Service reported an operation that ended with 16 fugitives arrested in government-subsidized housing. In Columbus, the HUD OIG said a sweep there led to more than 50 arrests…