Federal army sent in to arrest one guy suspected of possessing child porn

07-25-2014 • .

.... Federal agents, backed by local law enforcement, raided Godsey's home in rural northeastern Madison County on Thursday morning. Authorities used a farm west of Livingston as a staging ground before moving on Godsey's home, located about three miles away, near the intersection of Silver Creek and Mriscin roads in Olive Township, between Livingston and Alhambra.

Law enforcement also had another staging area at A.R. Graiff Elementary School in Livingston. Among the assets stationed at the school were tactical vehicles from the Alton Police Department, Madison County Sheriff's Office, a mobile command center for the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System, an ambulance, an ARCH medical helicopter and a U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter.

Jim Porter, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Illinois, would not comment as to the scale of force used in executing the search warrant,....