SWAT team enters Charlotte house in drug raid

None — SWAT officers raided a home in the Belmont neighborhood near uptown Charlotte early Wednesday morning.

Police took Lucas Baldwin and Shawanna Famer into custody and charged them with drug possession, but officials have not said if either person lived in the Kennon Street home.

“It sounded like a car crash or thunder but it was just one bang," said Dustin Olsovsky.

Dustin Olsovsky said he woke up Wednesday morning to the sound of police raiding his neighbor's house on Sennon Street. "I came out here and there was SWAT everywhere and cops going in," Olsovsky said.

SLIDESHOW: SWAT team enters house on Kennon Street

But family members of the woman who lives in the house said Baldwin and Farmer were not the only people inside the house. They said there were eight people, including three children under the age of 7 in the house at the time.

Shayla Jenkins is the mother of one of the children.

"They could have knocked on the door like regular people and presented their search warrant," Jenkins said.

Police have not said where the children are staying now.

But police said because of Baldwin's criminal history, the raid was considered a high-risk search warrant, a situation where SWAT is called in to ensure everyone’s safety.

Police said Baldwin has been arrested 15 times in Mecklenburg County for offenses that include robbery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a deadly weapon, assault on a government official, and resisting a public officer.

Jenkins said Farmer was watching her daughter, but did not know anything about drugs.

Olsovsky said he has lived in the area for more than a year, and in the past, drug activity has been a problem.

"People standing on the corner all the time, late night," he said.

He's glad to see police cracking down.

WSOC