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Department Of Education: Raid Of California Man's Home Was Not Related To Defaulted Student Loans

Department Of Education: Raid Of California Man's Home Was Not Related To Defaulted Student Loans

Dept. Of Education: We Did Not Raid Man's Home Over Defaulted Student Loans

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Education is disputing a local news report that it sent a S.W.A.T. team to knock down the door and search the house of an individual because he defaulted on student loans.

Stockton, Calif. resident Kenneth Wright told the local ABC affiliate that on Tuesday, approximately 15 officers stormed into his home at 6 a.m., placed him in handcuffs and kept him in a squad car for nearly six hours while his three young children remained inside the house.

Wright said one of the individuals grabbed him by the neck and led him outside to his front lawn.

"He had his knee on my back and I had no idea why they were there," Wright said.

The initial report said the U.S. Department of Education "issued the search and called in the S.W.A.T for his