Story from MSN, via Lowering the Bar (a blog of legal humor).
The Metro Narcotics Agency had "credible information from a reliable source" that the woman had concealed up to an ounce of heroin, which led to a search warrant on July 1, said Metro Sgt. Mike Alba. The woman was searched at Memorial Medical Center, which then billed her for $1,122. No heroin or any other narcotic was recovered from the exam. The woman was not arrested or charged. The woman had no criminal history in New Mexico.
11 September 2011
Woman billed $1,100 for her cavity search
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If she wasn't found to be in violation of the law, she can't be charged with a fee for a service she didn't request.
ReplyDeleteI never got a bill for a traffic stop when they determined I wasn't drunk but my dumb-ass friends giving directions were.
She wasn't Mrs Buttle/Tuttle by any chance, was she?
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