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.”
This ship is sinking fast!
This happened cause no one was paying attention.
If you want to get shot in the face after then go ahead
If you have nothing to hide ,it wouldn’t bother me
Quo warranto on the government, wake up people, the government is not God.
Nuts
Not if fix it where it can’t and i know how. I would except i don’t have anything to hide and ibam legal. Another fact where i live we have cons$#%&!@*utional law enforcement
Um…yeah no
Why is there no DATE on this article? As far as I’m concerned, it is complete fiction without a date.
What’s happening to are cons$#%&!@*ution?