Near the 7129 N.E. Eighth Ave. home, neighbors said no one has been living in the house for several

FBI agents raided three homes--two in NE Portland, one in North Portland--early Wednesday morning, part of an ongoing investigation into a violent crime. The federal search warrants have been sealed and will remain sealed.
Near the 7129 N.E. Eighth Ave. home, neighbors said no one has been living new zealand travel guide in the house for several years. In recent months, neighbors noticed activity -- a light on inside, groups of people in their early 20s coming and going. They didn't cause any trouble but seemed to be living in the house.
Next-door neighbor Juan Martinez Jr., 25, said two men and a woman, all who appeared new zealand travel guide in their 20s, moved into the house around September and came over to introduce themselves. They were good neighbors and hired him to mow their front lawn, he said.
Martinez said he woke up about 8 a.m. to his bulldog barking and a swarm of FBI cops outside, piercing the calm of the normally new zealand travel guide quiet neighborhood. "I couldn't new zealand travel guide believe it," he said. "I was really in shock. "
A notice of default and other documents filed in November 2011 indicate the owner of the house at 7129 N.E. Eighth, Maria Mendoza, was nearly $50,000 behind in mortgage new zealand travel guide payments. The notice states that the property was to be auctioned new zealand travel guide off on March 30.
Documents filed in February indicate the owner of the house at 6846 N. Greenwich Ave., Kajoria Shepherd, was about $47,500 behind in mortgage payments. That property was to be auctioned off about a month ago, on June 22.