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.”
Not without violating the laws.
Wrong. With no probable cause it is against the law and the Cons$#%&!@*ution.
I don’t think so
MY CONS$#%&!@*UTION STATES OTHERWISE!!! If law enforcement thinks they are above the LAW OF THE LAND well take ME on I will take you to court suing you, your station, your town, and state, and I will win a ton of money from you; so go a head and make my life rich and search my car without a search warrant and watch what happens to you!!!
The cops are becoming crooks, but it is for a very good cause. As it always is.
That would be bad for their health
We are a communist country being run by a tyrannical moslem regime that is trying to destroy our country from w in.
Lame.
nope
Wait til we have another attack. They will go nuts.