FBI agents and Indiana State Police raid the home of Subway restaurant spokesman Jared Fogle, removing electronics from the property and searching the house with a police dog.
FBI Special agent Wendy Osborne says the FBI was conducting an investigation in Zionsville, an affluent Indianapolis suburb, but wouldn’t say whether it involved Fogle or describe the nature of the investigation.
Neighbors confirmed the raid occurred at the home of Fogle, 37, who is Jewish, and who became the restaurant chain’s pitchman after shedding 245 pounds more than 15 years ago, in part by regularly eating Subway sandwiches. Subway began featuring Fogle in commercials soon after, and his story was instrumental in giving the sandwich chain an image as a healthy place to eat.
He has since worked to create awareness of childhood obesity through his Jared Foundation.
In this Sept. 18, 2013 file photo, longtime Subway front man Jared Fogle speaks to students about healthy eating and exercise at Battle Academy in downtown Chattanooga, Tenn. (Dan Henry/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)
— AP
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