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.”
WRONG !!!
They need to send them a HUGE bill for repairs! Arrest the dumb ass cops that did it for breaking and entering, vandalism, burglary, stupidity, head in ass syndrome, oh and GET A NEW DOG YOURS IS BROKEN!
if someone is breaking in to your private property and you catch them, how do you know they aren’t impersonating a police officer and just stealing. That’s illegal and someone could get shot entering you private property and stealing
Nancy Grant Hebeda .. no disrespect but.. these are conservative laws and judges. .
We can’t blame it Obama .. this is our fault
Just goes to show u they won’t stop till we stop them
Can you imagine what they would do if there was a strong odor of donuts.
IGNORANCE ABOUNDS WITH THE SELFISH COP HATERS. THE DRUGGIES HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THEIR FELLOW HUMAN BEING.
Thats funny that the police who work for the government are doing such sthing when are government is trying to legalize it. Just goes to show how back stabbing $#%&!@*ed up our government is.!!!!! So which will it be dumbasses?
Probably ran over part of a skunk on passenger side.
That’s just wrong.!
Someone probably picked up a politician hitch hicking….