A Tampa, FL man returned from a concert to find that his expensive business truck completely ransacked – by police.
They had no warrant and did so without his presence, simply leaving him a note, which read:
“Sir, your car was checked by TPD K-9. The vehicle was searched for marijuana due to a strong odor coming from the passenger side of the vehicle. Any questions call Cpl Fanning”
“You think if anyone is going to break into your vehicle in Ybor, the last person you think, it’s going to be the cops,” stated owner Matthew Heller.
Police actually ripped out wires and trashed the electronics in his truck, which he used as a display model for his business. They found no marijuana.
The local police dept claims they had a right to perform this search, but attorney Bryant Camareno disagrees:
“It’s an illegal search,” Camareno stated. “Usually if it’s some kind of unoccupied vehicle there has to be some level of exigent circumstance to justify searching a vehicle without a search warrant. Exigent could mean if there is a dead body inside, if there is a screaming child locked in the car, a dog but if the car is unoccupied there is no exigency to justify the search.”
bill i didn’t suggest you have ever abused your position asking politely could be a start i can not support searches with out proper warrants
differance between pro active and abusive bill iamsure you cansee that
Thomas Laflamme Jr. Just because they didn’t find anything doesn’t mean they didn’t have probable cause. As stated they had a strong smell of an illegal substance in the vehicle. Therefore they had probable cause to enter the vehicle.
Yeah. I get it. But the law allows for that search with no warrant. Been held up in higher courts as legal so I don’t see an issue. Of course a warrant is a good idea when you can get one. But it’s not like you can do a traffic stop….have probable cause to search a vehicle and keep the motorist there at roadside with his hands on the steering wheel for an hour or so while you get a warrant. It’s impracticable in those cases.
Same here……..!!!
Here they come.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gz1_maoUMArobably not protected anymore thanks to scoutis, forgot this new law they wrote? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gz1_maoUMA
Unbelievable and wrong
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