As reported by WRC TV NBC 4 (DC):
Police Raid Wrong Home, Kick Man In Groin
Annapolis Officers Used Flash Grenades
POSTED: 3:27 pm EDT June 7, 2007
UPDATED: 10:03 am EDT June 8, 2007
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Annapolis police raided the wrong apartment Wednesday night, using flash grenades and kicking a resident in the groin area before they realized their mistake.
A police spokesman said something must have gone amiss in the briefing beforehand.
Silvia Bernal, 30, told The (Annapolis) Capital that about 15 officers burst through the front door of her apartment while she was cooking dinner. She said the officers kicked her husband in the groin area while she fled into a bedroom.
Police spokesman Hal Dalton says one resident barricaded the door with his body, but police were able to get in after a noise flash device was used.
Dalton says as soon as officers realized that they were at the wrong apartment, they offered immediate medical assistance, even though they saw no injuries.
Officers were supposed to have raided a different apartment on Primrose Avenue. Dalton says the incident is under review.
Dalton says when a warrant was served at the correct address, no one was there and no contraband was found.
NBC 4 reported that three people said they were roughed up by police.
Spa Cove apartment manager Latisha Marshall said there is a large dent in the front door. And she said there are two large black stains from the flash-bang grenades police deployed.
The story with video can be found at; http://www.nbc4.com/news/13462403/detail.html
- Janq
Police Raid Wrong Home, Kick Man In Groin
Annapolis Officers Used Flash Grenades
POSTED: 3:27 pm EDT June 7, 2007
UPDATED: 10:03 am EDT June 8, 2007
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Annapolis police raided the wrong apartment Wednesday night, using flash grenades and kicking a resident in the groin area before they realized their mistake.
A police spokesman said something must have gone amiss in the briefing beforehand.
Silvia Bernal, 30, told The (Annapolis) Capital that about 15 officers burst through the front door of her apartment while she was cooking dinner. She said the officers kicked her husband in the groin area while she fled into a bedroom.
Police spokesman Hal Dalton says one resident barricaded the door with his body, but police were able to get in after a noise flash device was used.
Dalton says as soon as officers realized that they were at the wrong apartment, they offered immediate medical assistance, even though they saw no injuries.
Officers were supposed to have raided a different apartment on Primrose Avenue. Dalton says the incident is under review.
Dalton says when a warrant was served at the correct address, no one was there and no contraband was found.
NBC 4 reported that three people said they were roughed up by police.
Spa Cove apartment manager Latisha Marshall said there is a large dent in the front door. And she said there are two large black stains from the flash-bang grenades police deployed.
The story with video can be found at; http://www.nbc4.com/news/13462403/detail.html
- Janq