Chapter 30 - Raid
0500 Hours, Tuesday December 1st
Townsend, Tennessee
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The FBI descended on twelve different targets, in and around Townsend, Tennessee, all at 5:00 AM. Dana and Yvonne sat in the Knoxville Office, on pins and needles, waiting for the roundup of Ford family members and their associates to start coming in.
Dana’s new cell phone rang. “It’s Mel,” she told Yvonne. “I’ll put her on speaker phone.”
When Mel’s voice came across the line, it was to say, “It’s all over but the crying here in Ohio. They picked Jennifer and her husband up a couple of minutes ago without incident. They’re sacking her house now.”
“You’re there?” Dana asked her.
“Just as an observer. They didn’t let me go in.”
“What about her kids?”
“Oddly, not here. She told one of the agents they’re
