Friday, January 20, 2012 12:02 PM PT
Judge Sorts Out Sordid Bachelor Party Arrests
     WASHINGTON (CN) – Cops who broke up a bachelor party featuring “scantily clad” strippers “with money in their garters” and the smell of marijuana are liable for false arrest, a federal judge ruled.
     The group of revelers was arrested for unlawful entry and disorderly conduct at around 1:30 a.m. on March 15, 2008. D.C. Metropolitan Police had entered the house where the party was being held in response to a call about it.
     One of the officers, Andre Parker testified about having heard about “a lot of partying going on at” the supposedly vacant home. Once inside, Parker said he observed no furniture – just a mattress and lighted candles. He also observed “provocatively” dressed women and smelled of marijuana, but he neither found narcotics nor observed any illegal activity.

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