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furlonium
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What is the name of your state? Pennsylvania
Hi, first time poster here, glad I found the site - there seem to be a lot of intelligent people here, and I'm hoping some of you may be able to help me.
My girlfriend lives with her mother and stepfather about every other weekend, and she was on her way down here and her mother called her and told her this story:
Mother and stepfather were away for a few days in New Jersey, and had accidently left the front door a little bit open. The paper boy, after seeing the door this way for a few days and noticing nobody home, called the police in good faith thinking somebody might be hurt and/or missing.
The police came, saw that the door was unlocked and open partially, and entered and (I suppose) looked around for people (mother and stepfather). They found the plants of marijuana in a room that the stepfather was growing.
They took the marijuana and ransacked the house.
My questions are: Did they have authority to take the weed and search the rest of the house? Could they have looked for people, saw the weed, then got a search warrant and come back and seized it as evidence?
I used to deliver newspapers for 3 years, and usually when people went on vacation, I got a notice and would hold their papers (called a vacation pack) and deliver when they got home. The only time I ever got worried was if the house I delivered to was occupied by an elderly man/woman. Even then, I would call their house, their neighbors, and the newspaper office before I would EVER think of calling the police.
Thoughts? Suggestions? They (mother and stepfather) are getting an attorney, but they first need to gather the money so I'm trying to get some information and help them out.
Thanks in advance.
-furlonium
Hi, first time poster here, glad I found the site - there seem to be a lot of intelligent people here, and I'm hoping some of you may be able to help me.
My girlfriend lives with her mother and stepfather about every other weekend, and she was on her way down here and her mother called her and told her this story:
Mother and stepfather were away for a few days in New Jersey, and had accidently left the front door a little bit open. The paper boy, after seeing the door this way for a few days and noticing nobody home, called the police in good faith thinking somebody might be hurt and/or missing.
The police came, saw that the door was unlocked and open partially, and entered and (I suppose) looked around for people (mother and stepfather). They found the plants of marijuana in a room that the stepfather was growing.
They took the marijuana and ransacked the house.
My questions are: Did they have authority to take the weed and search the rest of the house? Could they have looked for people, saw the weed, then got a search warrant and come back and seized it as evidence?
I used to deliver newspapers for 3 years, and usually when people went on vacation, I got a notice and would hold their papers (called a vacation pack) and deliver when they got home. The only time I ever got worried was if the house I delivered to was occupied by an elderly man/woman. Even then, I would call their house, their neighbors, and the newspaper office before I would EVER think of calling the police.
Thoughts? Suggestions? They (mother and stepfather) are getting an attorney, but they first need to gather the money so I'm trying to get some information and help them out.
Thanks in advance.
-furlonium
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