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.”
NO THEY CANNOT!!!! Sue the C**P out of them!
Yay!!!!!!Awesome!!!Take that drug dealers, and users, and terrorists!!!= )
Ooooh no they cant… Youll see me on the news then! #byesociety
no they caint a lawyer will get it thrown out
Grrrrr
Fine np
i see nothing good coming out of this
Since WHEN can the police take such steps?
They can search your house if they want.. You can decline and when you do you become the objector. They cannot search as long as the “objector’ is present. However they can arrest the objector and take them to jail and then search if there is no one else home. If there is someone else home they can give permission. And why wouldn’t they if they become an objector they can be arrested too. The supreme court just handed that one down a few days ago.
Sue that over zealous bunch???