Armed US Marshals Are Arresting People for Outstanding Student Loans

U.S. Marshals stand outside U.S. Federal Court in Brooklyn on April 2, 2015 in New York City. Victor J. Blue/Getty Images, file

US Marshals have started arresting people over outstanding federal student loans.

Paul Aker appears to be one of the first.

He said seven armed deputy US Marshals showed up at his Houston home last week and arrested him for an outstanding $1,500 loan he received in 1987.

They grabbed me, they threw me down. Local PD is just standing there.