Federal agents have raided a Florida labor camp where they say homeless men and women lived in a type of modern-day slavery.
Ronald Evans, the boss at one of North Florida's largest labor camps, and three associates face federal charges in a case that officials say is likely to grow. Seventy-eight potato field workers have been interviewed at the Evans Labor Camp south of Jacksonville. Some were arrested on unrelated, outstanding warrants.
Officials say the homeless people were lured to the camp with offers of room and board. They were then apparently supplied with drugs, alcohol and tobacco on credit. Investigators say the homeless people would work in the field to pay back the debts, but never earned enough to clear their accounts.
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