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.”
Is this supposed to be a challenge where I’m supposed to be scared and let them? HAHAHAHAHA! Someone hasn’t watched tweety bird enough.. “He don’t know me too well do he?” 😛 TRY IT. -.- ‘m
bull$#%&!@* this gov has really gotten to where it sucks big time. need change now
ovomit’s “police state” is well on it’s way !!!!
Totally out of control. I bet they would have a fit if it was done tho them !
Maybe your car I don’t just give up my rights.
Here is a little advice, if you are about to be searched by a policeman and his drug dog, always keep a large pak of book matches in your ashtray of your vehicle. Just before they search your car roll up all the windows and light the whole pak of matches, the sulphur smoke produced by the matches will over power the dogs nose and he won’t want to sniff around any more.
Bull$#%&!@*, out of control , there would be a price to pay for this ,,,,,
Umm…if this was an FBI bust you Obama bashers would have an excellent point. It was not. Why don’t you focus your misplaced rage at local government? This is where the fault lies.
I said no sugar in my coffee! $#%&!@*in OBAMA! Idiots.
bull$#%&!@*…
When you put liberals in office, throw the constitution out the window and live by their rules.