All 24 people detained after Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided a Northwest D.C. home Thursday night have been released without charges.

DEA agents raided the home in the 2900 block of Georgia Avenue Northwest about 9 p.m. Thursday. Investigators say they did find marijuana and $10,000 in cash during the raid.

Neighbors were surprised by the raid.

"I so scared because a lot of police outside the house," said neighbor Lisa Yuson.  

"They were just telling them to get down, get down. And everyone went out," added Jerome Yuson.

The Yusons say they never suspected anything illegal was going on at home.

"We always think they have parties. They have a big family, or a lot of friends," said Jerome Yuson.

The home is owned MPD Captain Melvin Gresham, who rents it to the District of Columbia, according to Gresham's attorney, E. Scott Frison, Jr. Frison says the District government's housing department places tenants in the property.

The DEA says Gresham is not part of the investigation.

Gresham spoke to ABC 7/NewsChannel 8 reporter Andrea McCarren about the raid by phone Friday. He believes the raid was in retaliation for his defending a co-worker who made accusations against the police department.

Gresham, the former commander of the third police district, is on sick leave. He blames his illness on stress related to an internal police investigation for an incident last November. Gresham collided with a Metrobus in his department vehicle. According to investigators, Gresham allegedly ordered the investigating officer to alter his report on the crash.

Gresham says he was exonerated, but police won't confirm that.

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