Posted on 06/30/2023 8:28:13 PM PDT by algore
A woman plans to sue a small New Hampshire town after she was arrested in her own home last year by cops, who were investigating a crash that occurred nearby, because they said that they could could smell alcohol on her breath.
Colleen Loud, 68, had been sitting at her home in New Hampton eating a bowl of ice cream waiting for a Yankees game to start last October when officers knocked on her door and eventually took her into custody.
Police say that they arrested for being intoxicated with a breath alcohol test reading of just over .08, which is below the legal limit for driving, as well over concern for the condition of her home, in documents one officer accused her of being a 'hoarder.
Loud later shot back in an interview saying: 'My house is a mess, which is none of their business
Now, Loud has said she has hired an attorney and plans to sue the town over what she calls a wrongful arrest.
Former North Hampton Police Chief Kathryn Mone stood down from her post following an investigation into the arrest of Loud
Officer Matt McCue had appeared at Loud's door in October of last year and wanted to know if she had heard a car crash into the bushes outside her mobile home.
After telling McCue she had not, she closed the door on the officer and returned to watching her baseball game.
Following this, Sergeant Asa Johnson is said to have knocked on her door and claimed he could smell alcohol.
Loud claims they gave her two choices, call someone to take care of her, or go to the 'drunk tank' overnight.
They took her out of her home in handcuffs, and she spent the night in the Rockingham County Jail.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
No one. It appears they had no warrant, so it’s likely they were trespassing. I suspect it’s possible, her lawyer will eat them alive. Maybe they will settle out of court.
My father kept his house in messy state that arguably could be dangerous.
I wish there had been some way to get him to see that. If he had asked for help, I’d have given it to him. I gave up on trying to clean it up some—he wouldn’t let me remove anything.
But that being said, I would have been really stinking mad if he had been arrested over it, particularly since there was not so much stuff that exiting the house quickly in the event of fire was at issue.
I don’t buy for a minute that the cops had any grounds to arrest her over a messy house.
If they thought some sort of fire code was being broken by too much stuff, they should have just reported her to the fire marshal.
“Not a big drinker but is it illegal to be drunk in your home?”
Read the article. https://patch.com/new-hampshire/hampton-northhampton/north-hampton-chief-leaves-after-investigation-questionable
“Anything else is unnecessary details to the story.”
Wrong. She was unsafe in her home. The tried to get her to call for assistance and proceeded to make a protective custody arrest.
No, no, no! It's ENGLISH! Some of us learnt English in school but most were taught American.
“No, no, no! It’s ENGLISH!”
British is a form of English spoken in the U.K.
Don’t drink and drive your home, and this won’t happen.
From the article
“Mone had once been a star in New Hampshire’s law enforcement community. She has a bachelor’s in sociology and political science and a master’s in public administration from UNH. She graduated from the FBI Academy and was named a 40 Under Forty leader by the New Hampshire Union Leader in 2020.
When Mone submitted her retirement letter on March 1 she did not explain it to town officials, said Select Board Chairman James Sununu”
At least there was one good cop who graduated from the FBI Academy.
Probably only because of affirmative action
Apparently, she was able to get dressed, go to work, return home, and eat ice cream while watching TV in her own home.
Neither her refusal to interact with the police officers, nor her messy home, is sufficient reason to arrest her and take her to jail for the night. As I said, they could have sent county services out to her home the following day. (If she had been murdered in the local jail, I assume the courts would have ruled that at least she was “safe” and given the officers immunity for their actions.)
Government’s desire to place people who just want to be left alone in a safe bubble, even against their wishes, has gotten out of hand. Meanwhile, they allow the criminals to go free to harm those that just want to be left alone.
Maybe it will bankrupt the city for this BS.
These "officers" belong in prison, in general population, for assault, battery, kidnapping, use of a firearm in commission of a felony, and deprivation of civil rights under color of law. And they further should be held PERSONALLY liable for compensatory and punitive damages in connection with any property damage they may have caused as well as pain and suffering.
“Live Free Or Die”, my foot.
I think either the tax payers or insurance companies will pay off the lawsuits. This stuff will continue to happen, till the cops are held responsible for their actions. Where on earth do they get the idea they can go into someone’s home like this, without a warrant? I don’t know for sure, but maybe they do it, because they have always gotten away with it before. I think there is a very good chance, this lady is going to get some money.
They gave her a breath alcohol test and she was right at the .08% limit, and in her house. The article doesn't say when they administered the test. Was it at her home, or at the jail? Either way, she wasn't legally drunk, so there was no reason to drag her from her home. The article never says anything about the resolution of the so-called crash the cops claimed they originally knocked on her door for.
GREAT sense of humor you have!!
No, it is not. This is an outrageous abuse of power. The city will be stroking her a big fat check to make this go away. There’s no question the cops here were in the wrong.
Lol!
Smelt? Smelt is a small fish like a sardine.
Spelling nazi first class!
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