It wasn't even the cops who broke into this guy's house. It was the DEPARTMENT of EDUCATION!!! The story I read said they issued their own search warrant without a judge's approval. They requested one police car and officer so there would be a police presence at the scene. Since when is that even legal?
Can that be right the department of education has its own swat team? Anyone know the name of the judge that authorized the warrant?
Unbelievable. I wish the guy would have been home, and armed, as im sure there would be legal problems with the departmnent of education kicking doors down.
***Update*** http://reason.com/blog/2011/06/08/dept-of-education-swat-team-up http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelo...-doesnt-send-swat-teams-after-loan-defaulters Dept. of Education SWAT Raid Update: Not for a Student Loan, DoE Says Yesterday, the Depart of Education's office of inspector general executed a search warrant at Stockton California residence with the presence of local law enforcement authorities. While it was reported in local media that the search was related to a defaulted student loan, that is incorrect. This is related to a criminal investigation. The Inspector General's Office does not execute search warrants for late loan payments. Because this is an ongoing criminal investigation, we can't comment on the specifics of the case. We can say that the OIG's office conducts about 30-35 search warrants a year on issues such as bribery, fraud, and embezzlement of federal student aid funds. All further questions on this issue should be directed to the Department of Education's Inspector General's Office. __________________________________________________ Something doesn't add up though. Does that girl look like she's involved in some sort of bribery or embezzlement of student aid funds??? OR is it more likely that she took out a damn student loan and didn't pay it back?!?
If they think you used the funds for other purposes than education they can make a criminal complaint. If you took out a low interest federally subsized and guaranteed student loan to buy, say, a vintage racecar D) they might be able to prosecute for bank fraud. Assuming, of course, that the statute of limitations has not passed for such activities.
It isn't. The "Officer" who agreed to accompany these turdheads to pull a stunt like this is now on the hook imo for being an accomplice to a vicarious liability case involving civil rights violation(s). If this were in my State, I would open the Criminal Code and look for language where I can charge with the following State crimes: Breaking and entering- Felony (false warrant, and entering the home) Unlawful imprisonment- Felony Battery- Misdemeanor Obstructing of justice- Misdemeanor 1st degree fraud- Felony (obtaining a false search warrant under false pretenses) In addition, the FBI could become involved as a possible civil rights violation occured which is a federal felony. Any of you who were former law students, police officers, etc., KNOW that to enter a person't home, the evidence needed to get into the home has to be VERY strong as you can't just drive off in your house, so there is reasonable ground to believe that the person and evidence (depending on the type of evidence), will be there vs. a person driving a car, and has MUCH less search and seizure protection. This is a case imo where the 4th ammendment was apparently violated, and is aggregious enough to warrant a federal AND state investigation. The dumb shits who did this are toast if a complains is filed! And how damned stupid is the Officer who escorted these idiots? I would have read their warrant, and since the language of that warrant would be so out of the ordinary for what most Officers KNOW is kosher within a warrant and what is not, I would have called the "Judge's" assistant who and asked about the validity of the warrant. After I found out the warrant was false, I would have started getting out handcuffs for the idiots who would falsify this, and at least take them down for obstruction first, and indict them later after I finished investigating the case + talking tothe prosecuting attorney about what he/she wants them charged with as far as felonies.