On Monday night, police came to my house about a noise complaint. They are at my house quite often, as we have neighbors who call them about anything and everything that goes on at our house. This time, I went outside to talk to the cops, and they informed me that I could not go back inside because they were securing a search warrant. They said they had seen a meth lab in the house, which is absolutely untrue, and nobody at the house is a drug user.
After a humiliating three and a half hours standing on the sidewalk, an officer pulled up with a "search warrant." The warrant (I have a copy) has no address, no names, no list of items believed to be in the house, no list of places to look for them, and no statement of probable cause to believe that there wwas any reason to enter my home. When I started asking questions about it, I was placed under arrest without them being able to tell me what the charges were. All that they would tell me is that it was narcotics related and that investigators would be talking to me at the station.
When I got to the station, they told me that I was being charged with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. They let me out at three in the morning, no investigators ever talked to me. When I got home, the front door was unlocked and there was a yellow search warrant property form with "0 items taken" written across it.
They had taken a generator out of my garage, one that i had legally traded for a car that I was selling. Today (Friday) I got a call at work, the cops asking me all kinds of questions about the generator. They informed me that it was stolen and that they were arresting my brother for it. He lives with me, and was arrested with me too, it just seemed easier to write up as only me. He's in jail now, he has another old charge for vandalism that has a maximum fine of 1000 dollars, on which his bail is set for $50,000, and the charge for recieving stolen property with a $20,000 bail.
This whole thing seems like a major violation of our rights, I just dont know what, if anything, can be done about it. If anyone has any advice, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You,
Dave
After a humiliating three and a half hours standing on the sidewalk, an officer pulled up with a "search warrant." The warrant (I have a copy) has no address, no names, no list of items believed to be in the house, no list of places to look for them, and no statement of probable cause to believe that there wwas any reason to enter my home. When I started asking questions about it, I was placed under arrest without them being able to tell me what the charges were. All that they would tell me is that it was narcotics related and that investigators would be talking to me at the station.
When I got to the station, they told me that I was being charged with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. They let me out at three in the morning, no investigators ever talked to me. When I got home, the front door was unlocked and there was a yellow search warrant property form with "0 items taken" written across it.
They had taken a generator out of my garage, one that i had legally traded for a car that I was selling. Today (Friday) I got a call at work, the cops asking me all kinds of questions about the generator. They informed me that it was stolen and that they were arresting my brother for it. He lives with me, and was arrested with me too, it just seemed easier to write up as only me. He's in jail now, he has another old charge for vandalism that has a maximum fine of 1000 dollars, on which his bail is set for $50,000, and the charge for recieving stolen property with a $20,000 bail.
This whole thing seems like a major violation of our rights, I just dont know what, if anything, can be done about it. If anyone has any advice, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You,
Dave
