Sometimes it’s not who you are, but where you live. Suppose you unknowingly moved into a former crack house (so that’s what that smell is). The fact that it was a crack house was well known to police. They even made a few house calls.
Something terrible happened to the new Waukegan home owners. Someone shot the husband in the driveway, blowing off two of his fingers. When the wife called 9-1-1 to report the shooting and give police the address, a dim lightbulb must have gone off at police headquarters. Aha!. We know that address! That’s the crack house!
Chances are police didn’t know the drug dealers moved out two months ago.
After five hours of questioning, the wife allowed police to search the home. Do you think they were looking for a phony Social Security card? Probably not, but that’s all they found.
The wife (who probably thought her day couldn’t get any worse after her husband was shot) was arrested and charged with identity theft..
What about the shooter? Police are still looking for him. He no doubt went far with a five-hour head start
Do the cops check everyone's ss when they respond to the scene of a crime?
THE HOUND: They also check for overdue library books.
Illegal immigration is nothing to be flip about.
THE HOUND SAYS: Then why didn't police hand the wife over to immigration officials.
this is very sad that now there will be criminals taking advantage of people with similar situations. do you think that they will contact you the "police".but WAUKEGAN DOESNT CARE. THEY WANT THEM OUT ANYWAYS.
Regardless of the address, each 911 call should be handled the same way. If they received the appropriate information , the police should respond promptly to the emergency call. Why were they searching the place? If it was not the same owners or renters names, they should have been dealing with the shooting at hand and not worrying about what was in the house? Why were they in the house if the husband was shot in the driveway?
If it was a righteous search and they found the phony social security card, so be it. The offending party should suffer the appropriate consequences. The police shouldn't be looking for issues, but when responding and in the course of the investigation (which is pertaining to the call) the evidence accumulated should be allowed. Who thinks otherwise?