An east Charlotte woman who’s going through cancer treatment said she was startled early Wednesday morning when federal agents burst into her apartment searching for suspects in a drug trafficking ring.
“It was a case of mistaken identity,” Rosie Lee Bright told Eyewitness News.
But Federal Bureau of Investigation agents didn’t figure that out before they ordered her to lie on the floor and handcuffed her…
A spokeswoman for the FBI told Eyewitness News that the address mix-up appears to have been an honest mistake since agents had been working on the assumption they were targeting the right apartment.
Well, you kinda hope the feds wouldn't intentionally target the wrong apartment. At least there's this:
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Bright said once they realized their mistake, agents apologized and offered to pay any medical bills she might have because of the raid.
