Louisiana
Hello, I had called the police on my nephews father (who was told by police the night before to stay away) because after an altercation with my fatherinlaw he stormed into the house and snatched a sleeping boy off the couch. The man was found and arrested. He was under the influence of several things. Out of anger and revenge he lied and said he bought drugs from my fiance that morning. His father told cops that was impossible because he was up about 30-40 min before the man showed wanting his boy. No one else was awake. The cops showed up saying his father gave permission to search, he says he didn't. He is on high doses of bipolar meds and was at the police station checking on my nephew. He said the cops did give him something to sign but said no one asked about permission to search.
Anyway, after about 30 min of searching in bags, vents, boxes and such they found a box under the tv stand which contained a small amount of weed. They ticketed my boyfriend and I. We were told the ticket was a favor because the boy (who ultimatly was taken from his parents) discussed how much love and care we extended to him.
Was this legal? If we committed no crime that was witnessed by the police and all they went on was the word of a disgruntled, substance influenced man, who even threw himself at file cabinets to try to harm himself, how could probable cause be justified without a creditable source?
Hello, I had called the police on my nephews father (who was told by police the night before to stay away) because after an altercation with my fatherinlaw he stormed into the house and snatched a sleeping boy off the couch. The man was found and arrested. He was under the influence of several things. Out of anger and revenge he lied and said he bought drugs from my fiance that morning. His father told cops that was impossible because he was up about 30-40 min before the man showed wanting his boy. No one else was awake. The cops showed up saying his father gave permission to search, he says he didn't. He is on high doses of bipolar meds and was at the police station checking on my nephew. He said the cops did give him something to sign but said no one asked about permission to search.
Anyway, after about 30 min of searching in bags, vents, boxes and such they found a box under the tv stand which contained a small amount of weed. They ticketed my boyfriend and I. We were told the ticket was a favor because the boy (who ultimatly was taken from his parents) discussed how much love and care we extended to him.
Was this legal? If we committed no crime that was witnessed by the police and all they went on was the word of a disgruntled, substance influenced man, who even threw himself at file cabinets to try to harm himself, how could probable cause be justified without a creditable source?
