The FBI raided the real estate division of the Philadelphia Sheriff's Office on Thursday. Meanwhile, a spokesman for Sheriff Jewell Williams has characterized the feds' actions as related to Williams' predecessors in the office.

Joseph Blake, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Office, said in an email Thursday afternoon that "as part of an ongoing investigation begun in the previous administrations, the FBI arrived at the Sheriff's Office at 100 S. Broad this morning with a search warrant and subpoena for certain records and files."