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Police and bounty hunters sued after raiding wrong home
“If bail bondsman are allowed to do what our local police department can not do and that is to enter a house without a warrant…from what I’m being told, it could be any house.”
Recorded on video holding an innocent family at gunpoint and raiding their home without a search warrant, at least two Pennsylvania bounty hunters along with New York police officers have recently been sued by the family for violating their civil rights.
Last month, Jake Reinhardt was asleep with his fiancée and their three-year-old daughter when an unidentified bounty hunter repeatedly banged on his front door while ordering him to open the door before they “kick it in.” Peering through his window, Reinhardt saw two armed men standing next to a couple of Buffalo police officers on his front lawn.
The Buffalo Police Benevolent Association reports the number of shooting victims tripled and homicides went up by 30% when comparing January 2021 to January 2020.
What started as a routine traffic stop turned into a high-speed police chase and ended in a 3 car pileup and at least 4 people injured.
According to reporting by The Buffalo News, Buffalo Police Officer Majed Ottman attempted to stop a driver on New Year s Eve for a minor traffic infraction.
It s alleged that the driver Officer Ottman attempted to stop, 27-year-old Andre Thomas of Buffalo, did not stop and speed off down Cornwall Ave. towards Delavan Ave. The car driven by Thomas did not stop at the stop sign and proceeded to hit a car that was traveling down Delavan. Officer Ottman sped after him down Cornwall in his patrol car, and according to the police report filed by Ottman, he was not able to stop in time and subsequently crashed into the other two vehicles.