ST. LOUIS – A federal grand jury indicted two St. Charles County men for allegedly harboring undocumented migrant workers. The indictments were tied to a series of raids that shut down a popular St. Peters restaurant.

FOX 2 News broke the story Wednesday, talking to former customers as well as neighbors of both suburban homes raided.

Our visit Wednesday to Golden Apple Buffet on Mexico Road resulted in customer after customer – astounded to find the place suddenly shut down.

Federal agents had also stormed two suburban homes where neighbors reported about 20 people living inside each home – all detained. They were people who neighbors reported seeing in the past being bused to the restaurant to work every day.

A neighbor of one of the homes, who did not want to go on camera, told FOX 2 News the investigation began with concerned citizens. The complaints were not about workers in a restaurant, but rather concerns of suburban homes packed with dozens of occupants. They pointed to a possible quality of life issue, and that their concern was not just for surrounding neighbors, but also for the people they believed were being jammed into the homes.

Guo L. Ye and De J. Ye, both 56, were each charged with one count of bringing in and harboring aliens. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said the two men knew the migrants they were housing were in the country illegally.

FBI and members of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested the men on Tuesday.

If convicted, each man faces up to 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.