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Press-Tribune Placer SWAT Terrorize Elderly Couple
Posted by FoM on July 05, 1999 at 18:50:59 PT
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Source: The Kubby Files
Note: Placer County's violations of basic human rights continues unabated. Witness this incident below on July 2nd when deputies found probable cause to terrorize and rough up an elderly couple only to find they had no actual marijuana. Our source for this story says the elderly couple is very angry and they do NOT excuse the police, regardless of what the end of this article says.
NARC AGENTS RAID WRONG HOME:ELDERLY ROSEVILLE COUPLE HANDCUFFED AND HELD CAPTIVEBy CHARLOTTE WRIGHT / The Press-Tribune ROSEVILLE - Septuagenarian Sandy Sanborn said the loud beating on his front door jolted him out of bed Thursday morning. As he reached the door, sheriff's deputies kicked it in, yelling, "Warrant search!" According to the 78-year-old Roseville resident, he landed on his backside, and then nine Placer County Sheriff's deputies stormed into his Vine Avenue home. Sanborn told the Press-Tribune a deputy then pushed a gun and a warrant in his face, demanding he reveal the location of his pot-growing operation. "They put me in handcuffs and shoved me in a chair," he said. The other deputies rushed into his wife's bedroom, where she lay asleep. Grace Sanborn said she awoke to gun-wielding officers, who handcuffed her and then forced her into the living room with other handcuffed family members. Sheriff's Lt. Dan Hall confirmed that at 7:10 a.m. Thursday, narcotics agents burst into the Sanborn home with a warrant to search for a drug operation. "Our investigation led to probable cause for officers to believe that there was in fact illegal marijuana cultivation occurring in the Roseville area," Hall said. "On that investigation, a legal search warrant was obtained from a judge. That morning, the warrant was executed. However, the search failed to produce evidence of criminal activity. Therefore, no arrests were made." Hall refused to make further comments about the raid. Roseville Police Department officials said while they did not participate in the raid, they knew it was happening. According to the Sanborns, the deputies held them captive for an hour. The warrant was for their son, Lyman H. Scott Sanborn. He refused to talk to the media, citing humiliation at the hands of law enforcement. The elder Sanborns said they felt violated and frightened as deputies broke doors into the kitchen, pantry, and other rooms, rather than unlocking them first. Sandy Sanborn said he became outraged when they refused his family basic needs. "They wouldn't even let my son go to the bathroom," he said. "They held guns at us and kept demanding the location of our pot operation." An emotionally distraught Grace Sanborn burst into tears as she recounted how she had to sit handcuffed and watch her elder children brought into the room, handcuffed, and placed on the floor. "Here is this strange man with a gun pointed at my daughter," Sanborn said. Grace Sanborn told The Press-Tribune it was surreal as it happened. "I can not believe this is in my life," she said, as she threw up her hands and left the room in tears. "Do you know how it would feel? I cannot even talk about it." After an exhaustive search netted nothing, Detective Ron Goodpaster apologized to the elder Sanborns. "There is no reason for an apology," Sanborn said he responded. "You were doing your job." Sanborn told The Press-Tribune he has been accused of wrongdoing before. As an assistant to Assemblyman Eugene Chappie during Gov. Ronald Reagan's administration, Sanborn was working on a case that would have indicted an insurance company for fraud. The tables were turned, however, and Sanborn found himself charged with fraud. After five years in court, he was cleared of all charges, according to him. "I have had a lot of fun with various law offices," Sanborn said. He says he does not believe that the officers were wrong for searching his home. Yet, he believes that something went wrong in the legal process. He does not know who made the accusation against his son for cultivating marijuana. He intends to investigate why the bust was made on his house. Pubdate: Fri, 2 July 1999Source: The Press-TribuneCopyright: 1999 Placer Community Newspapers, Inc.Contact: rptrib psyber.com.Address: 188 Cirby Way, Roseville 95678Fax: 530 783-1183Website: http://www.thepresstribune.comAuthor: CHARLOTTE WRIGHT
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