After police managed to brand the men’s faces with the tread of their boots, they began giving them the third degree, asking what line of business afforded them the luxury of such an expensive home. Meanwhile, officers ripped the two-story home to pieces in search of illegal contraband, but the only thing they managed to find was an “old broken piece of a marijuana pipe” that had not been used in years, according to Kansas Exposed.
Reports indicate that police had been conducting surveillance on the home because a third roommate, 20-year-old Jake Houston, had a prior drug arrest, and it appeared the men were living well above their means. In addition, investigators noticed there seemed to be a high level of traffic coming and going from the residence, which raised a red flag -- the men had to be engaged in the dealing of illegal drugs.
However, what investigators failed to notice before sending in the cavalry to crash down a reign of terror was that the house was actually owned by Kostlecky’s parents, who were renting it to them while they are in Costa Rica. The men were not unemployed; in fact, Tymony and Houston worked at a local BBQ restaurant, while Tymony and Kostelecky moonlighted as record producers for area musicians, which would explain the unusual traffic at the house.
Yet, even though officers found no significant evidence of illegal drug activity during the raid, they escorted Tymony and Kostelecky to a local precinct for further questioning, while a crew of drug warriors stuck around to dig deeper into the search. Interestingly, there was no search warrant presented at the time of the raid. It was not until the two men arrived home that they found a warrant lying on a counter in the middle of a destroyed house.
Reports claim the police had been so careless with their search that they left a scarf on a space heater that was starting to burn by the time the men got home. “If they would have been home twenty minutes later, the house would have been engulfed in flames,” Torrie Porter, the mother of Taylor Tymony, said in a YouTube video about the incident.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezRDR8bJJrw
http://kansasexposed.org/2015/02/13/wpd ... hey-found/
No drugs, and no weapons were found in the home.
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And people wonder why police are getting the reputation of Jack Booted Drug War Nazis. Because they are.
Obviously the 4th Amendment was not an issue.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.