I have been reading this forum for a while now, and I just wanted to chime in because I would hope this thread goes back to discussing Massage Parlors as It was intended.
I am an attorney who deals with civil and criminal cases and have worked for the Pinellas County DA's office. The 4th Amendment which guards against against unreasonable searches and seizures, ALSO prohibits Law enforcement officers from using stalking tactics to intimidate people, unless they have probable cause to pull you over, which they don't. It doesn't matter if they see you going into a massage parlor or not. There is nothing they can do about it.
I can't count the many times the DA's office has turned away cases involving this type of scare tactic. Just a FYI for those that are not familiar with this procedure for law enforcement to take down vehicle tags. A law enforcement officer can not look up a vehicles tag without probable cause, even if they follow you for 20 blocks.
Unless the Law Enforcement officer sees something that alerts him to pull you over like "expired tags, broken taillight, driving like a lunatic, or a clear violation of a city ordinance-speeding, illegal u-turn, etc" otherwise they can not touch their computer. Plain and simple.
So the fact this person claims they got a letter from law enforcment, is a fabrication. Does anyone actually think the DA's office is going to waste their time on trying to scare people?
Second issue is, this person claimed it was in their mailbox, than it was taped. So which is it? If it was mailed, it has to have a return address. You can NOT mail a letter out without a return address. Anyone caught doing so is violating 2 federal laws (read the current laws). Plus anyone placing an item inside you mailbox is also violating a state laws and postal laws which can be fined up to 1,000$
§ 1725. Postage unpaid on deposited mail matter
Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits any mailable matter such as statements of accounts, circulars, sale bills, or other like matter, on which no postage has been paid, in any letter box established, approved, or accepted by the Postal Service for the receipt or delivery of mail matter on any mail route with intent to avoid payment of lawful postage thereon, shall for each such offense be fined under this title.
That's not including trespassing charges if caught. Do you really think a law enforcement division wants to be sued for trespassing?
Anyways. I have visited this place before. Yes I pulled in while 2 police cruisers were parked at the time talking to each other. They both looked at me, as I looked back and walked in. I wish they had said something to me but they didn't. I wish they were still there when I walked out, but they had already left.
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