The one thing you ca n’t blame the US Drug Enforcement Agency for is not trying hard enough . These consecrate polite servant wo n’t let trivialities care “ laws ” and “ warrant ” hinder their efforts to enforce other law and warrants .
The latest DEA boondoggle involves one Robert Dale Lee , an ex - con truck machine driver travelling from Chicago through Kentucky . A informant had previously alerted dominance that Lee was track down a small - scurf tape drive operation — move weed from the Windy City to Eastern Kentucky for sale . So , DEA Task Force Officer Brian Metzger took it upon himself to fit out Lee ’s truck with a GPS trailing unit of measurement in September , 2011 — alas , he did n’t also take it upon himself to actually get a warrant first .
This is what allow Kentucky Highway Patrol officeholder to recognize exactly where on I-75 to receive Lee and what he ’d be carrying . In fact , Metzger even adjoin a trooper in front of time and told him Lee ’s truck “ in all likelihood hold back marijuana ” but the trooper “ would have to receive his own PC , probable causal agency , for a traffic period , ” Judge Amul Roger Thapar write . The KHP pop Lee for not wearing a seat belt ( a greenhorn mistake on Lee ’s part ) .
Lee is being charged with conspiracy to distribute marijuana but , unluckily for the pursuance , Union law prohibit the inclusion of evidence obtained without a warrant . And given that the sole bit of evidence against Lee was his stash , the criminal prosecution ’s case will in all probability * put on shades * go up in smoke . [ ABC News – Image : the AP ]
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