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.”
An EMPTY vehicle is now an EXIGENT circumstance?
every single one of these cops should be brought up on breaking and interring charges and file the largest law suit against the city of Tampa that they have ever seen and if you are lucky enough to get an honest judge then you should win hands down
Wow,just unreal. It wasn,t bad enough u had to worry about criminals breaking into your vehicle,now u have to worry about cops & criminals breaking into your vehicle.I,m hoping i can still count on Superman, Batman, or even Underdog for some assistance here when needed.
and since we can make citizens arrest we can do the same to them. all cops are not innocent of wrong doing.
It fits right in place with our unconstitutional seatbelt law!
clear violation of the Constitution…
Some police are just following the example set by their supreme leaders Obama & Holder. Congress should have impeached them a long time ago.
Jeff Quinney
pass the castle docdron…,any where is home
No, no, no!