FBI\, IRS raid Baltimore mayor\'s home

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) U.S. authorities on Thursday executed search warrants at the home of Baltimore's mayor and city hall, according to local media reports.

The FBI and the Internal Revenue Service conducted the raid on Democrat Catherine Pugh's home and Baltimore City Hall, the Baltimore Sun, the Washington Post and other news outlets reported.

Pugh has faced scrutiny in recent weeks over sales of her self-published children's books and allegations - first reported by the Sun - that she made sales deals with healthcare entities that have ties to the local government.

She has been on a leave of absence since April 1, according to the Post.

An FBI spokesman told the Sun and the Post that federal agents were executing a court-authorized search of her home and City Hall.

"If you break the law, someone's gotta find out what you did... the city needs to know what's going on in the mayor's office.

If she broke the law, she needs to go, out of office, into jail," said neighbor Jeffrey Davis.