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What is the name of your state? Hammond, Louisiana
I was called at work by a city police officer. He said he was at my appt complex and could I come speak with him. I met the officer and he said that an anonymous call was made to crime stoppers and it was reported that there was marijuana being smoked in my appt at sometime.
He said he would give me a choice of cooperating and letting him search my apt or he would go get a search warrant and his partner would stay with me and he would be right back. He said that if he had to do that he would arrest me and take me to jail if he found anything in my apartment. He said if I cooperated he would not arrest me even if I had some marijuana there. I agreed to cooperate and he then sent his partner to the car to get a form for me to sign. I allowed him to enter my appt and my bong and quarter bag were in plain view. He collected my stuff and wrote me 2 tickets. One for simple possession and one for possession of paraphernalia. Both are misdemeanors.
My question is what is with the crime stoppers call? Can they really get a warrant for an anonymous call? Should I have told him to go ahead and get a search warrant? I just don't want this to happen again. It seems that they would have needed to come when they got the call. Seems like i was lied to or the cops can invade my privacy because of a tip over a crimestoppers line. I don't think crimes are considered to be smoking marijuana in my house with the windows shut. Thanks in advance!
I was called at work by a city police officer. He said he was at my appt complex and could I come speak with him. I met the officer and he said that an anonymous call was made to crime stoppers and it was reported that there was marijuana being smoked in my appt at sometime.
He said he would give me a choice of cooperating and letting him search my apt or he would go get a search warrant and his partner would stay with me and he would be right back. He said that if he had to do that he would arrest me and take me to jail if he found anything in my apartment. He said if I cooperated he would not arrest me even if I had some marijuana there. I agreed to cooperate and he then sent his partner to the car to get a form for me to sign. I allowed him to enter my appt and my bong and quarter bag were in plain view. He collected my stuff and wrote me 2 tickets. One for simple possession and one for possession of paraphernalia. Both are misdemeanors.
My question is what is with the crime stoppers call? Can they really get a warrant for an anonymous call? Should I have told him to go ahead and get a search warrant? I just don't want this to happen again. It seems that they would have needed to come when they got the call. Seems like i was lied to or the cops can invade my privacy because of a tip over a crimestoppers line. I don't think crimes are considered to be smoking marijuana in my house with the windows shut. Thanks in advance!