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.”
their paranoid delusions do not trump my rights
let me search their house for my safety, statistics prove cops are mostly criminals with badges
Thats Bull $#%&!@*!!!!
So sad this is America.
Do we now live in a communistic state???
4th amendment trumps any stupid ass law to violate it
Can I shoot them , if I catch them ransacking my car or home ??????
this is total Bull$#%&!@*.
there is a monitoring dictatorship around the world and business at the police dept and ect are going on as usual!scary eh!
suesue sue sue sue sue…the insurance company now pays teh claim, hope they go after the local jackoffs to get their moneyba ck…total BullSHT!