Spring Valley man: Cops targeted wrong address, rousted my family

[Zephie]

SPRING VALLEY — A village resident said that police conducting drug raids early this morning targeted the wrong house where they roused his family out bed, pointed a machine gun at his 13-year-old daughter and threatened to shoot their poodle.

The raids were conducted by the Spring Valley police and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration.

Rockland District Attorney Thomas Zugibe said his office offered assistance in the searches, but referred questions to federal authorities.

DEA spokeswoman Erin Mulvey said a total of 23 people were arrested in Spring Valley, Mount Vernon, the Bronx, northern New Jersey, the Albany area and in parts of Pennsylvania.

The suspects are being arraigned this afternoon in federal court in White Plains.

The U.S. Attorney's Office and DEA, in a press release issued this afternoon, said a total of 26 people had been indicted. They said the group allegedly distributed more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana in and around Spring Valley, Ramapo, Clarkstown, Mount Vernon and the Bronx. They allege the group had been smuggling the drugs from the southwest region of the country to New York since May 2006.

David McKay said he, his wife, 13-year-old daughter and his brother-in-law were sleeping at 5:30 a.m. when they heard banging on the door of their townhouse at 36 Sharon Drive. When they went to open the door, at least 10 police officers forced their way into the home, he said.

"Their guns were drawn, they were screaming 'Where's Michael, Where's Michael,' " McKay recounted hours later in a telephone interview from Nyack Hospital, where he took his terrified daughter for treatment after she had an asthma attack and fainted following the ordeal. McKay said he was still groggy from sleep but tried to explain that there was no one named Michael in the house.

http://www.lohud.com/article/20110113/NEWS03/101130420/-1/newsfront/Spring-Valley-man--Cops-targeted-wrong-address--rousted-my-family

[Fumesucker]

1. Boys will be boys and mistakes were made..

Oh look, a shiny object..

[Angry Dragon]

2. I feel safer now

[NBachers]

3. Home Invasion Gang terrorize innocent Americal family

"An' there's nothin' you can do about it, Sport!"

[superduperfarleft]

7. You got it. And if you defend yourself, you end up in jail.

http://hamptonroads.com/2010/01/ryan-frederick-loses-appeal-copshooting-verdict
"A Virginia Court of Appeals judge has denied Ryan Frederick's bid to overturn his conviction for killing a city police officer.

A jury found him guilty last year of voluntary manslaughter for killing Detective Jarrod Shivers during a raid on Frederick's South Norfolk home. A judge sentenced Frederick to 10 years in prison."

...

"Chesapeake police raided Frederick's home with a search warrant for narcotics in January 2008. Frederick said he believed his home was being burglarized and fired a single shot, according to court hearings."

And people wonder why some of us don't trust the police state or their grunts.

[NOLALady]

4. Thank Heavens for the war on drugs.

They are doing such a good job ridding us of street drugs. I can't wait until they target the Oxycontin users.

[Kievan Rus]

5. This is just one of a 100 reasons we need to end the war on drugs

[Nordmadr]

6. At least they knocked this time. N/T

[immoderate]

8. LOL!

:rofl:

--imm

[Matariki]

9. It's how the SS used to conduct raids.

Pounding on doors in the early hours of the day.