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BY MALLORY PERRYMAN
ANCHOR LAUREN GORES
Police didn’t charge her-- but the hospital did.
A New Mexico woman gets slapped with a $1000 bill for a court-ordered body cavity search.
The Las Cruces Sun News explains...
“Metro Sgt. Mike Alba said agents had ‘credible information from a reliable source’ that the woman was concealing up to an ounce of heroin, leading to the search warrant...the woman, who has no criminal history in New Mexico, was in custody for several hours.”
It turns out-- the woman didn’t have any drugs.
But she does have a $1,122 hospital debt.
Now, she’s suing the county-- arguing the system should foot the bill.
A Hypervocal blogger agrees with her...
“It’s outrageous...We’ll be on the lookout for follow-up lawsuits that demand more than just the county’s payment of the bill and a sincere apology.”
And a Gawker contributor is shocked as well, saying the body cavity search was based solely on hearsay.
“The agency ordered the search solely on the basis of ‘credible information from a reliable source’...Everyone knows that when it comes to drug cases, informants always tell the truth.”
But all jokes aside-- a Russia Today reporter suggests this situation reflects a much bigger problem.
“Unfortunately, as more and more regional units rely on informants rather than officers, arrests are unfairly being handed out without proper evidence.”
The woman was never arrested or charged with any crime. County officials are not commenting on the pending lawsuit.
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