DE: Police raid wrong house

Elderly couple shaken up after state troopers break in
An elderly couple and their house guest were left shaken and angry 
Friday night after state troopers mistakenly burst through the door 
of their New Castle home with a battering ram during a raid. Walter 
Taplin, 83, his wife Patricia, 74, and guest Nancy Powers, 72, were 
awakened at 9:45 p.m. by the sounds of banging against the door. 
Moments later, troopers dressed in black came through the entrance 
and detained the residents before acknowledging their error and 
leaving the house shortly before midnight. Delaware State Police 
spokesman Maj. Joe Papili said Saturday that troopers had the wrong 
house. ... Papili would not say what the investigation was about or 
how the mistake happened.

http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2003/04/06policeraidwrong.html