Carlsbad family seeks apology in fruitless pot raid

San Diego Union-Tribune ^ | March 26, 2004 | Shannon Tangonan

[dread78645]

Probable cause?

Riiiight.

[dread78645]

My BSD gave the same reading.

[madison10]

Why is that a big deal? (Putting garbage cans out at the last minute) Some narcotics offenders wait until the last possible moment to put their trash on the curb because they know that investigators retrieve evidence from trash, the affidavit says.

Duh. This is also done to keep stray creatures from raiding the garbage cans & spreading the contents around the neighborhood.

The police need to apologize in writing in the local newspaper for the neighbors to read. Local news on TV would be good, too. Some nosy, disgruntled neighbor probably turned them in.

[Izzy Dunne]

He noted a drug-sniffing dog showed interest in the home when it was taken there before Friday's search.

The warrant was issued because of the dog's interest.
The dog was taken there because of the electric bill.
Probable cause, indeed. It's a house of cards.

[chimera]

"They were wrong and I want them to say they were wrong," she said.

Chance of that happening (in writing): zero. These scumwads never apologize for anything. Remember the one kid in California (?) they blew away with a shotgun while he was down on the floor? Heck, they might even congratulate themselves and hand out medals and tee-shirts to themselves as rewards (like they did after the Elian Gonzalez debacle). Constitution? What Constitution?

[El Laton Caliente]

"In his sworn affidavit, Carlsbad Detective Mark Reyes states an unidentified, confidential source told a county Narcotics Task Force agent that someone might be growing pot in the house."

Damned lie...

[moehoward]

"Their investigation was just so flawed," Dina Dagy said

What investigation? Maybe they use electric heat. Idiot lazy cops.

[SouthernFreebird]

OMG... and they had dogs snooping/sniffing/slinking around while they weren't home.

[who knows what evil?]

What a joke. I know people that use "grow lights" to start their seedlings for their gardens every year. Laws need to be changed so that the authorties can and will be held FINANCIALLY responsible every time they "hit the wrong address". On top of that; they should lose their jobs.

[Liberty Valance]

I do believe this lady deserves an apology. This is rediculous!

[valkyrieanne]

These idiots in law enforcement have never heard of air conditioning? $200 a month? I wish. They should see ours in St. Louis in the summer.

[barker]

The warrant was issued because of the dog's interest.

Maybe the drug sniffing dog was showing interest in something else - like the family boxer.

[E Rocc]

The ultimate offender here is the idiot judge that signed the warrant. Note that the article just says "a judge".

Shouldn't the judge's identity be public domain information? Shouldn't the newspaper publish it? After all, the voters could use this information come election time.

-Eric

[theFIRMbss]

>"They were wrong and I want them to say they were wrong," she said.

Maybe this family
should thank the police for trying
so hard to maintain

a community
geared toward drug-free decent folks
and not criminals.

[who knows what evil?]

...and people thought that WE were the only ones that kept track of their cat's birthdays. :-)

[Colonel Jim]

Good Lord, did this actually happen?

[krb]

Maybe this family should thank the police

You don't thank someone for abusing their power. You sue them.

[Unknowing]

"Investigators subpoenaed utility records, which showed the Dagys used 1,584 kilowatts of electricity in February, and 1,616 kilowatts in January, the affidavit states. That's three to four times the amount used in neighboring homes during the same period, according to the affidavit."

Conform, Submit, Obey. There's really nothing else.

[Colonel Jim]

Negative! Good police work is based on hours of servalance and date collection. Raids based on high utility bills is obserd and unconstitutional, period!