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.”
Wow
the geistopo has arrived in the usa
not good
Its been just law enforcment not protect and serve on there cars for years now.
Your new and improved POLICE STATE coming to your town!
Sue everyone from that cop up to the city. That’s Bull$#%&!@* that the cops just ransacked his truck.
They could plant anything in the vehicle and set you up , with no hope of proving different,
See you somewhere else. They don’t want to trust me, there is no reason I will ever trust them. So much for visiting Florida, where they make up problems and suspicions to ruin your day, although I may still pass through Orlando what with the cool roller coasters and such.
That would not fly in the city I police!
Shoot back ora good little serf and shut up.