Deputies Allegedly Execute Warrantless Search
Attorney posts video alleging Putnam County deputies violated a person’s 4th Amendment rights
A video has surfaced of what appears to be Putnam County deputies entering a person’s home without a search warrant, while the owner wasn’t home. The attorney representing that person alleges the deputies have done even more than that.
On the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, the person who resided in a home in Putnam County had no idea law enforcement would be making their way inside. West Virginia civil rights attorney John H. Bryan posted the video to YouTube Wednesday, Jan. 15, alleging deputies with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department cut the cords to the video surveillance of the person’s home.
Then, the attorney says, deputies crawled through a window and began to go through the owner’s belongings – without a warrant, while the owner was at work.
But officers missed two of the cameras – one outside and one inside – and that’s how the incident made its way to social media.
“It’s something you’d see on Netflix,” Bryan said. “I would believe it if I didn’t see it and I’ve never seen any kind of video like this that was this brazen.”
[source: wowktv.com/news/attorney-posts-video-alleging-putnam-county-deputies-violated-a-persons-4th-amendment-rights]
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