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Posted by: kwflatbed

Alleged strip search draws suit

FALL RIVER - A formal complaint has been lodged against the Massachusetts State Police alleging that a female trooper subjected an 18-year-old Fall River woman to a strip search along Reed Road late Wednesday night.

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Posted by: 4ransom

I don't see a basis for a complaint. There seemed to be enough reasonable suspicion to conduct a strip search, and other that the fact that no rubber gloves were used (allegedly), It would appear proper procedures were followed.


Posted by: Sniper

Wow 90/12 is now a $35. CMVI ????????? I'll alert John Scheft and Pat Rogers immediately.......


Posted by: LA Copper

Quote:
Originally Posted by 4ransom
I don't see a basis for a complaint. There seemed to be enough reasonable suspicion to conduct a strip search, and other that the fact that no rubber gloves were used (allegedly), It would appear proper procedures were followed.
You're kidding, right?

If this story is correct, and we all know how people like to exagerate claims, especially when the police are involved, then it sounds like she has a pretty good lawsuit on her hands.

Hopefully the article left out a lot more of the story. I can't believe any officer in any state in this country would strip search someone on the side of the road like that. At least from this article, there certainly isn't any probable cause to get into her pants. There's got to be more to this story.


Posted by: 94c

Quote:
Originally Posted by 4ransom
I don't see a basis for a complaint. There seemed to be enough reasonable suspicion to conduct a strip search, and other that the fact that no rubber gloves were used (allegedly), It would appear proper procedures were followed.
we lost nearly 1/2 a million dollar lawsuit with way more information than that.

You stop a car for a MV Violation and strip someone because their pants are undone and you think that's reasonable suspicion?

Let's hope there is more to the story.


Posted by: USMCMP5811

This threads worthless with out Pics.


Posted by: bbelichick

Quote:
Boduc said the group had just eaten at the Dartmouth Wendy's, and feeling "overstuffed" after the meal, she had unbuttoned the top button of her pants so she could "fit the rest of my food."
Either that is a crock of sh*t or this girl is a disgusting bag of trash.


Posted by: USMCMP5811

Quote:
Originally Posted by bbelichick
Either that is a crock of sh*t or this girl is a disgusting bag of trash.
Homer Simpson must be her idol.......


Posted by: andy0921

Quote:
Originally Posted by USMCMP5811
This threads worthless with out Pics.



Posted by: JoninNH

I can't believe you all want to see pictures of this fat ass.


Posted by: andy0921

Quote:
Originally Posted by JoninNH
I can't believe you all want to see pictures of this fat ass.
Maybe she gets a salad from Wendy's...


Posted by: frank

Quote:
Alyssa Bolduc said she and three friends were on their way home from picking up a friend at the Dartmouth Wal-Mart when the group was pulled over on Reed Road near the Interstate 195 west ramp by the Dartmouth Police Barracks.
Holy shit. That thing got a Hemi?


Posted by: Killjoy

Quote:
If this story is correct, and we all know how people like to exagerate claims, especially when the police are involved, then it sounds like she has a pretty good lawsuit on her hands.
Thanks for the assistance....remind me not to turn my back on the LAPD! What are you, her attorney? Every dirtbag lies, lies and then lies some more; maybe I should believe every rat that files a complaint with the LAPD? This is nothing but a load of crap...believe me, if you've never had a complaint, then you're not doing your job.


Posted by: SOT

The trooper should sue for having to touch the fattie...


Posted by: kwflatbed

Quote:
Originally Posted by Killjoy
Thanks for the assistance....remind me not to turn my back on the LAPD! What are you, her attorney? Every dirtbag lies, lies and then lies some more; maybe I should believe every rat that files a complaint with the LAPD? This is nothing but a load of crap...believe me, if you've never had a complaint, then you're not doing your job.

I think you should reread Mike's post. He did not side with her,he said that
there must be a lot more to the story but if it was true she had a case.
I think any one would question a roadside strip search,it was more than likely it
was no more than a pat down.


Posted by: Stevec

What makes her a dirtbag? She sounds like a typical 18 year old girl. They always try to squeeze into the tightest pants possible. She may be a hot piece of ass in size 0 when she should be in 2.


Posted by: MM1799

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stevec
What makes her a dirtbag? She sounds like a typical 18 year old girl. They always try to squeeze into the tightest pants possible. She may be a hot piece of ass in size 0 when she should be in 2.
You really think events unfolded as were reported?
I'm sure the Dartmouth officers (who were already on scene) would have just stood by and watched it.

I'm pretty sure the dirtbag comment didn't have anything to do were her style, size, weight or hair color.


Posted by: Stevec

I should have kept my two comments on seperate lines. Everyone was saying she was probably a fat slob because she unbuttoned her pants.

As for my first comment, it never says the other officers were watching. So no that's not how it unfolded. I don't think the officers did anything wrong in my eyes considering they called for a femal officer. BUT beacsue the girl made a formal complaint for the reasons she stated doesn't make her a dirtbag. If that was my daughter though I think I would be pretty upset.


Posted by: MM1799

Dartmouth officer were already on scene. They may not have been "watching" but you can bet they were aware of what the Trooper was doing.

But you're right, this female is completely honest. She's just another innocent "victim".
These officers just stopped for a broken headlight and decided to search the vehicle. Then they decided to wait for a Trooper to search the females. While the other officer were there, the female Trooper just started breaking rules and violating peoples' rights. Hilarious.

Ya, these girls are honest.
From the article:
"Cunha, who has also not been privy to the official police report from Dartmouth or state police, said he was informed by the Dartmouth Police that they had discovered roaches in the car's ashtray, a statement all four passengers denied"
So now the PD is making things up?

Give me a break.


Posted by: LA Copper

Quote:
Originally Posted by kwflatbed
I think you should reread Mike's post. He did not side with her,he said that
there must be a lot more to the story but if it was true she had a case.
I think any one would question a roadside strip search,it was more than likely it
was no more than a pat down.
Thank you Harry, I'm glad you understood what I was saying.

Killjoy, take it easy, I'm on your side. And no, I wouldn't dream of being an attorney.


Posted by: Stevec

Quote:
Originally Posted by MM1799
Dartmouth officer were already on scene. They may not have been "watching" but you can bet they were aware of what the Trooper was doing.

But you're right, this female is completely honest. She's just another innocent "victim".
These officers just stopped for a broken headlight and decided to search the vehicle. Then they decided to wait for a Trooper to search the females. While the other officer were there, the female Trooper just started breaking rules and violating peoples' rights. Hilarious.

Ya, these girls are honest.
From the article:
"Cunha, who has also not been privy to the official police report from Dartmouth or state police, said he was informed by the Dartmouth Police that they had discovered roaches in the car's ashtray, a statement all four passengers denied"
So now the PD is making things up?

Give me a break.
Your reading way to far into and adding way to many things to my comments. As for the roaches, why wern't any of them arrested for the roaches or even just drug paraphenalia? That would have been a easy way for this not to have happend? Isn't it a little late to say after the fact that there were roaches in the ashtray?

As for the officers already at the scene, they may not have know exactly what the other officer was doing. They had three other people in the car to deal with. I just don't think it's right to be calling this girl a dirt bag when allot of detail are left out.
Also do you have a daughter? If this happend to your daughter would you be happy? Would you tell your daughter she deserved it?
Now if the girl is lying then yeah she is a stupid douche.


Posted by: 94c

No one knows all the facts but....

To you new guys, don't ever strip search a female with two of her friends and all they have is roaches in the ashtray. You're not going to find a pound of weed in those tight pants.


Posted by: kwflatbed

By Jay Pateakos
GateHouse News Service
Posted Apr 30, 2008 @ 01:41 PM
Fall River —
A female teenager who was allegedly strip searched on the side of the road has filed a lawsuit seeking compensatory damages against a Massachusetts State Trooper.
The lawsuit, filed in Fall River Superior Court, seeks monetary damages against Trooper Allyson Powell for an alleged strip search that was administered on 18-year old Alyssa Bolduc in front of three of her friends on March 7, 2007 on Reed Road in Dartmouth.
In an interview with The Herald News last year, Bolduc said she and three friends were on their way home from picking up a friend at the Dartmouth Wal-Mart when the group was pulled over for an unlit headlight. The group had just eaten at the Dartmouth Wendy’s, and feeling “overstuffed” after the meal, she had unbuttoned the top button of her pants so she could “fit the rest of my food.”
When the Dartmouth police officers approached the car, according to Bolduc, they said the reason for stopping them was because they had a headlight out, but she said it immediately turned into something else.
Bolduc claimed that she, along with passengers Christine Moniz, 19, Ryan O’Connell, 22, and Brittany Carr, 19, all of Fall River, were asked by the officers if they had any drugs on them. When the group responded that they didn’t, she said they were asked to step out of the car. The police, she said, searched the vehicle, but found nothing.
She said the police kept asking the group to give up the drugs they had and if any of them had prior criminal records.
Bolduc said the officers then radioed the State Police Barracks in Dartmouth for a female police officer to do the strip search on Bolduc.
Bolduc’s attorney, Brian Cunha, said the weather that night hovered around 10 degrees.
The trooper, wearing only leather gloves, began examining her for any sign of hidden drugs, “squeezing” her breast area, as well as those of the other two women in the group, but only Bolduc was subjected to the strip search, according to Bolduc.
According to the State Police strip search policy, the search must be in “an area that affords complete privacy” and should not be conducted outside a Department facility “unless exigent circumstances exist.” The policy also says that the strip search should also be held outside of the public view and should not include any touching whatsoever.
Christine Moniz, the driver of the car, was given a $35 ticket for driving without a license and the passenger, Ryan O’Connell, was given a $35 ticket for allowing an unlicensed person to operate the car. Bolduc did not receive a ticket and was not arrested.
A day after the incident, Bolduc filed a formal complaint with the state police on the incident and hired attorney Brian Cunha.
Cunha said after more than a year of repeated requests by the plaintiff on the status of that complaint, a report on the event was issued on March 12, 2008 by the Internal Affairs Division of the State Police, finding there was sufficient evidence to prove that Trooper Powell violated State Police Departmental policies and the complaint made against the Trooper was sustained. The Massachusetts State Police Division of Standards and Training has initiated disciplinary actions against the trooper.
The Herald News filed a Freedom of Information Act request this morning with the State Police Legal Division in order to secure a copy of the Internal Affairs report on Trooper Powell and what disciplinary actions have followed.


http://www.heraldnews.com/news/local_news/x828497567


Posted by: rg1283

Seems more lawyered up then anything. I highly doubt they "stripped" searched her on the side of the road. Seems like exageration.


Posted by: emerlad

Got a little quiet on this one...


Posted by: kwflatbed

State trooper faces second lawsuit


By Jay Pateakos
Herald News Staff Reporter
Posted May 08, 2008 @ 07:47 PM
Last update May 09, 2008 @ 12:19 AM

Somerset —
Nine days after a lawsuit was filed against a female Massachusetts State Trooper for an alleged illegal strip search on a Fall River girl, the same trooper has been implicated in another incident that took place last week on Interstate 195 in Westport.
Malinda Costa, 26, of Somerset, has filed a formal complaint with the Attorney General’s Office after an incident she said took place between her and Trooper Allyson Powell on May 1.
Attorney Brian Cunha, who is also representing Fall River teenager Alyssa Bolduc in her lawsuit against Powell, is representing Costa. Bolduc’s suit claims she was strip-searched in full view of her friends and passing motorists on Reed Road in Dartmouth in 2007,
Costa, a nurse in New Bedford, said she was on her way home at 12:30 a.m. after a 16-hour shift, when she was pulled over by Powell along I-195 West in Westport. Costa said she had initially pulled over to the left side of the road before being directed by Powell to pull over on the right side of the road.
Powell allegedly told Costa she had been pulled over for weaving between lanes. Costa said Powell ordered her out of the car without provocation or evidence, asking Costa whether she had a criminal record or drugs on her.
Costa said Powell began searching her vehicle without permission and retrieved a prescription pain medication prescribed by Costa’s doctor in order to ease her constant migraine headaches.
Powell allegedly told Costa that an EMT informed her that the drug was “prescribed only to drug users” and that it was illegal to have this prescribed medication in her car.
According to Costa, Powell then conducted a pat-down search of Costa by the side of the highway in full view of passing vehicles. Costa claims Powell ordered her to spread her arms and legs and the pat-down included Costa’s breasts and other areas.
“She kept asking me if I had drugs, and I kept telling her that I don’t use drugs, that I’m a nurse,” said Costa.
Cunha said police are not authorized to search a vehicle for a minor motor vehicle infraction, and since Costa was not under arrest and there was no evidence of a controlled substance, that the trooper violated the law and Costa’s constitutional rights.
Costa said the search of her car and pat-down in frigid temperatures took nearly an hour. Powell issued Costa three citations: lane change violation, driving to endanger and failure to yield, which forced Costa to have her vehicle towed.
Costa said she had to beg the tow truck driver to bring her to her home in Somerset instead of to the impound because she had to be back at work at 6 a.m.
With a maximum of three hours to sleep before her next shift after getting home, Costa said, she didn’t think she slept at all.
“I was up all night worrying if I was going to lose my license,” she said. “One of the citations was driving to endanger.”
Cunha said he had no idea how the trooper came to the driving to endanger charge since Costa was not speeding and was only observed making a lane change without signaling.
One day after the traffic stop, on May 2, Costa filed an official complaint with the state police against Powell.
Cunha said Mass General Laws Chapter 258, requires that prior to any lawsuit being filed against the commonwealth, a presentment letter must be sent to the attorney general making a demand to settle the case. Cunha’s office submitted the letter to the state on May 8. The statutory cap to settle a case under a negligence claim against the state would be $100,000, Cunha said, but he said there is no such requirement under the law for claims against the officer personally for civil rights violations.
“Both claims will be included in the lawsuit against the state and Trooper Powell individually, once the state responds to the demand letter,” Cunha said.
In the previous Powell investigation regarding the Bolduc strip search case, the state police issued a report 10 months after the actual incident — in March 2008 — where the internal affairs division of the state police found there was sufficient evidence to prove that Powell had violated state police policies, and the complaint made against the trooper was sustained. The Massachusetts State Police Division of Standards and Training did report that they have initiated disciplinary actions against the trooper, but there was no specific information reporting what that discipline was.
The Herald News filed a Freedom of Information Act with the state police legal division April 30 to secure the specific disciplinary actions against Powell, but in an e-mail response by State Police Director of Communications Dave Procopio late Thursday, he said “we do not comment on disciplinary matters.” He also refused to confirm any alleged pending complaints against Powell.
When Costa called the state police for a status report on the investigation, she was only told that an investigation was ongoing on her case against Powell.

http://www.heraldnews.com/news/x3049...search-lawsuit


Posted by: BartA1

its seems to me that Attorney Cunha is trying to pad his pocket by going after a female trooper for doing her job. I find the timing on this second case interesting.


Posted by: MM1799

I absolutely love the part about the tow truck, 3 hrs of sleep, 6am, 3 whole citations, loss of license and the worrying that kept her up.

I'd invite anyone who thinks that is bad to be present during the notification of next of kin when someone's kid/parent(s) are dead because someone couldn't stay in their lane. Some people really dont have a clue about the scope of things.

And credit to Procopio for telling the Herald to shove it; when all they want to do is smear a trooper on their filthy pages.




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