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brookelea
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my husband was walking through a field leaving a friends property in the direction of some nearby homes due to some suspicious people at his friends property which he did not feel comfortable being around. Police were in the area investigating a robbery, so they told him when they stopped to question him. They searched him and found nothing, he had no items from the nearby home and has no record on file. They cuffed him and read him his rights, placed him on the ground. They asked him where he was coming from, he pointed to his friends property. They stated "oh you are doing drugs then", possibly because this was a known drug house. They then placed him in the patrol car. While he was sitting cuffed and read his rights a 2nd time, the officers at the scene found someone else near this home and arrested them in connection to the robbery. However they did not release my husband at this time, they continued to question him about the other property and a couple officers went to his friends house and found many people there. There was a fire in the yard and they found items from the robbery supposedly and then arrested a few people there due to outstanding warrants. They discovered my husbands vehicle, there was a woman sitting in it at the time, then asked my husband, still in the patrol car a few hundred yards away if they could search his vehicle, he said no. They continued to badger him to let them search it, using all possible scare tactics to do so, he at no time gave them permission to search his vehicle. When they were not getting what they wanted they just took his keys and searched it anyways. They then found in the trunk of his car, which if anyone has access to his vehicle is accessible from the glove box as well, what has been determined to be a leftover lab for methamphetamines as well as boxes of psuedophedrine. The bags the items were in had padlocks on them which they cut off. They arrested him prior to finding any evidence necessary to do so. He is now charged with unlawfully manufacturing a controlled substance and possession of psuedoephedrine with intent to manufacture in pierce county, washington state. His public defender is refusing to investigate anything and is basically just a paper pusher for the prosecutor. Can you give any advice on this situation. We have talked to a few attorneys in our area, however we have no money to retain one and our public defender is worthless. He is not a defender, but a facilitator for the prosecutor. please help!