Former city councilman’s home raided by FBI, IRS

While several bars and restaurants were raided throughout Georgia on Tuesday, federal agents were also raiding the home of a former city councilman.

FBI and IRS agents seized documents from former Statesboro City Councilman Will Britt’s home in Statesboro Tuesday morning, according to the Statesboro Herald. Britt, along with his brother Trey Britt, owns a number of businesses that were also a part of a raid in various cities, including the Chops restaurant and Capital City bar in Milledgeville.

While the reasons for the raid are currently unknown to the public, FBI Special Agent Stephen Emmett issued a statement on behalf of the agency.

“The FBI, along with our IRS partners, have executed several federal search warrants throughout the state in conjunction with an ongoing federal investigation, the details of which I cannot discuss at this time,” he said. “In addition to Statesboro, search warrants were also executed in Valdosta, Tifton and Milledgeville, among other places.”

The Union Recorder reported the Ocmulgee Drug Task Force also was present during the raid of Capital City bar.

This story was originally published March 1, 2017 at 4:56 PM with the headline "Former city councilman’s home raided by FBI, IRS."