Police Storm The Wrong Home - Home Of Fellow Officer

[matcom]

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SEARCY, Ark. -- More than ten deputies trying to make a federal weapons arrest stormed the wrong home and ended up in a police officer's house.

Searcy officer Ann Owens said she's upset at the mistake and doesn't think there should have been any confusion between her house and the address the deputies needed.

Lt. Det. John Slater of the White County Sheriff's Department said the county officers couldn't find the right address and neighbor mistakenly pointed them to Owens' house. The officers were seeking out the home of Richard Attaway to arrest him on federal weapons and explosives charges.

The deputies stormed the home through an unlocked door and saw a picture of Owens and her family.

"We realized this house is too nice, something was wrong here," Slater said.

Slater instructed that everybody pull out and left the house as it was found, undamaged.

But Sheldon Owens said that a gate was broken in his home and that numerous clues should have tipped the deputies off that this was his and Anne's home and not Attaway's house.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/05/09/arkansas_deputies_storm_the_wrong_home/

[lpbk2713]

1. They probably got the badguy after all.

Due to the fact that he was too busy ROTFLHAO to pack up his stuff and haul ass.

"Hmmmm..... we realized something was wrong here." I nominate that for quote of the year.

[Wcross]

2. Good thing she wasn't home.

I bet her first response would have been to draw her service pistol. Cops don't bother with identifying themselves anymore, they are supposed to but often don't.
We had a case of that near my home a couple of years ago. Cops kicked in the front door of an elderly man and his wife. The man was in a bedroom, heard the commotion and his wife screaming. He grabbed his shotgun and was shot dead by the police.
It turns out they did NOT identify themselves and they were supposed to be raiding the house next door. Whoops didn't cut it. Thye woman is now a wealthy widow and the officer in charge is in prison.
I respect peace officers but I sure do hate "Law enforcement agents". Jack booted thugs is all they are.