Posted on 12/11/2008 3:52:51 AM PST by from occupied ga
Gwinnett County police said they accidentally broke down the door to the wrong house before going to the correct house and arresting a man on drug charges.
Gwinnett County police investigators intended to execute a no-knock search warrant at a home on Valley Spring Drive in Lawrenceville Wednesday morning. Police said the lead investigator mistakenly pointed out a home to the officers and once officers entered the home they realized they were in the wrong house.
VIDEO: Gwinnett County Police Break Down Door To Wrong House
The homeowner of the incorrectly targeted house told Channel 2 that having guns pointed at him was something he would never forget.
"(They) put my life, daughters life, my ladys life in danger," said homeowner John Lewis.
Lewis said Gwinnett County investigators burst through his front door and ordered him and his girlfriend to the floor at gunpoint.
Its an experience to have one gun draw on you. Its something else to have 15, 16 of them, said Lewis.
Lewis said his 3-month-old baby saw the whole thing. She was the calmest one, said Lewis.
Police said once they realized their mistake the search was ceased and the homeowners were released. Police said the front door to the home was damaged during the process.
Fifteen minutes after bursting into Lewis' home, officers served a search warrant at the correct home on Valley Spring Drive. Police said the warrant was served after a three-month drug investigation.
Police arrested Efrain Pedruza, 31, and he was taken to the Gwinnett County Detention Center. Police said they found $24,000 in cash in the home.
Officials said the investigation is continuing. Police are paying for the repairs to Lewis' door.
Yes but dragon's teeth and concertina wire may violate subdivision covenants :-)
No. It was "harsh language to describe a despicable act".
Its getting harder to keep them all straight, isn't it?
What despicable act did my fellow Freepers commit at post time?
you seem to have no qualms about calling me a liar
None whatsoever. I have no qualms calling you 'Tina' either.
Have you found the argument you were trolling for, or did
you sidetrack yourself by calling Freepers "jackboot lickers"?
Thank you, very much ....I was looking for that.
well, you read what you want to read. regardless of what i actually posted.
Since you’re so into statistics, Mr. Mathematician, without having any, don’t miss the replied-to post. It has some interesting ones from Denver.
Other than the lead investigator, I fail to see where the other officers acted improperly - in this case.
Nuremberg? An apples and oranges comparison. Nuremberg was about heinous crimes against humanity.
Even civilians “follow orders” when it is the correct course of action. If the correct house information was available in the pre-raid muster, then yes, I would say that the whole team shared some responsibility. Otherwise if the Lead brought a bogus house number to the muster I don’t see it as proper for the team to (other than jokingly) question his investigation.
End the failed war on some drugs and these stupid raids stop.
You'd think they'd actually find some drugs.
"Police arrested Efrain Pedruza, 31, and he was taken to the Gwinnett County Detention Center. Police said they found $24,000 in cash in the home."
And then you'd be dead.
And your survivors wouldn't even receive an apology.
Maybe he's innocent? I mean, as hard as it is to imagine, maybe the cops made a mistake?
Took 10 posts but you got one.
You forgot, “after a three month investigation”.
Mike
And that is not going to happen.
I actually got several. Never ceases to amaze me that people who post here are so pro government that nothing the police (which are nothing but the enforcement arm of the government) do causes them to think that maybe things have gone too far.
What pissed them off with him was that he wanted to keep all the money for himself. If he had spread it around he wiuld never been busted. On January 21, 2008 obama will order holder to quash it.
Did you expect them to be?
If during one of the occasional, very occasional, time they get the wrong house it happened to be yours I think you would have a serious attitude change towards this issue.
If I aim my handgun at you WITHOUT due cause I go to jail but when someone who supposedly has had many hours of training makes the same occasional, very occasional mistake they are automatically forgiven. Not by me they wouldn’t be.
>>Police arrested Efrain Pedruza, 31, and he was taken to the Gwinnett County Detention Center. Police said they found $24,000 in cash in the home.
Officials said the investigation is continuing. Police are paying for the repairs to Lewis’ door.<<
Money was found in the criminals home.
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