Q: Help???
Hi I have a few questions if someone can help. My mother's house was raided. They came into the house with no one being there. The way they entered the house was threw a back sun room. They came in thru a locked window and picked the lock on the big door. How we knew was that all the closets where open and stuff moved out of place. Nothing was missing. No sign of forced entry they locked the door on the way out. We have a pit bull but she is very nice. My mother called local police and they said wasn't them but another County. So she contacted them. They tell her they had a warrant for the home. That they were looking for my sister supposedly boyfriend. My sister has been locked up since August it is now December. My sister has not lived at the home for years and her supposed boyfriend has never been in the home ever. They have never showed her the warrant and apologized for everything. Do we have the right to ask for the warrant and do they have the right to do what they have done.
A: Unfortunately, they probably owe nothing more than apology. If things were broken, or people injured during the execution of the warrant, you could have a possible lawsuit.
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