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.”
nope – I see more police funerals because of this
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Impeach and prison. Take back our country.
BS
Probable cause…. if there was probable cause then they had time to get a warrant.
Nice way to plant something in a persons car or truck.
Justin Dommer it’s not reasonable, because a minor infraction is not life threatening.
Also, where is the offical reading for smells? We have technology that can detect this.
Problem is you $#%&!@*ume police are not corrupt and we happen to know they abuse power.
In an ideal society what you say would be reasonable, but we live in a flawed one.
Therfore we have checks and balances, this action violates those checks and balances.
Probable cause gets used way to loosely, without cause!
What hapend to our rights ? What hapend to the constution ?
To Mr. MINOR, TERRORISTS, THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED.