Sheriff's Office pays $100,000 to settle suit in bar searches

Nearly five years ago, a pair of elite units from the Orange County Sheriff's Office burst into a crowded sports bar with guns drawn and searched the bar's patrons and employees as a part of a crackdown on a Central Florida organized-crime ring.

There were a few problems with the raid.

Officers soon learned that no one in the bar had anything to do with their criminal investigation or even posed a threat to law enforcement. Furthermore, they found out their searches were unconstitutional.

Posted on 2002-12-21 01:39:26.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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