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S.D.Ohio: Search of house was attenuated from defendant's arrest on invalid state arrest warrant
Defendant's arrest was based on an invalid state warrant that clearly failed to show probable cause. Thus, the court had to determine whether the arrest was valid as a warrantless arrest...

Arrest of wrong man on an arrest warrant after an entry was reasonable
Plaintiff's arrest on an arrest warrant for another man who was supposed to be in his house was not unreasonable. Creveling v...

Easton New Jersey Police Officer John Zielinski Quits After Drunken Night Out, Disorderly Conduct Arrest - Det. James Krome Quit After Drunk Driving Arrest
EASTON, NEW JERSEY - A second city police officer this year has resigned in the wake of an alcohol-related arrest. Officer John Zielinski’s last day with the Easton Police Department will be March 31, Mayor Sal Panto said...

IN: Lie to cops justified arrest and SI to arrest
Defendant's lying to officers gave probable cause to arrest him, and that justified a search incident. Taylor v. State, 2008 Ind...

U.S. Supreme Court hears cases that may change Search & Seizure Rules ? Belton Rule re: search of vehicle incident to arrest and application of Good Faith Exception rule in false arrest
  Two cases argued before the United States Supreme Court a few weeks ago hold strong potential for shaking up the rules of search and seizure now applied thousands of times each day...

I said "help," not "arrest"
It's not every day that someone calls the cops for help winds up behind bars themselves. But that's what happened when a 25-year-old Nebraska man called the cops for help because someone was trying to break into his apartment...

Incident : location: geo zone: occurred: 08/07/2007 01:05 to 08/07/2007 11:30 what does this mean when the arrest was made on 08/17/07
"Occurred", in a police report refers to the date and/or dates when th...