Delaware:

Charles’ mother, Joanne Bateson, was still reeling Monday from her son’s Wednesday night arrest during a state police SWAT team raid. The raid left the home’s sliding glass door smashed and furnishings in disarray.

“First there was a loud pounding on the window, with lights flashing and screaming outside,” she said. “I thought someone was coming to kill us.”

Bateson said she and her son, his girlfriend and her fiance all scrambled into the hallway as the troopers let themselves in the front door.

“My son was screaming, ‘You have the wrong house, the wrong person,’” Bateson said.

If you’re wondering, yes, they did have the wrong house.

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