I am not a CI

I live in Texas and am a four year recovering meth addict. about 4 years ago I was living with my cousin off and on after my boyfriend at the time went to prison for poss of a controlled substance-meth amphetamines over 4g and under 200. She lived in an apartment and we had picked up the "business" where he left off. She was busted by our local police department(with the same charge he had) and I sat in and witnessed to the search and seizure(the officers gave me a choice to leave or stay but I had to sign as a witness). When they entered I asked them point blank on what grounds they were there and searching. they weakly stated that it was a suspicion call from a worried mother of a child(we never sold to ANY kids-only old truck drivers which was bad enough). They said her name was Melinda or Belinda and that her "son" had bought dope from two girls at that address the previous day(WE weren't even there that day). Eventhough she signed a consent form, her mother and her think that I got popped and sold her out previous to the arresting of her. This has been a battle that has destroyed our family and I can find NO WAY possible to prove to anyone that I didn't snitch her out as stated. I don't know what to do. We even looked into independent polygraphs and lawyers but it is too expensive. Any suggestions? Is there anything that can be done? I am at my wits end and want my family back together. We are both drug free and healthy now and yet our families are still destroyed due to this belief.

[randalljd]

Polygraphs should not be that expensive--if that would help.

You may check around further and should be able to find the service for a reasonable price. Even the willingness to take one may send a message.

[OHlandlord]

Police raids for drugs do not usually come about because of one suspicious mother calling the police. (If that was the case, they would get nothing done but do these searches.) In nearly all instances, they are ordered by search warrant because the person(s) sold drugs to an undercover agent. He may have looked and sounded like an old truck driver, but was in reality a cop.

The other way these usually come about is if someone very credible with authority, like a cop, sees drugs in the unit. For instance, a probabtion officer could come in to check on someone, see drugs, and call the police. As a court officer, he would be credible. (Nothing against you, but you would not be credible enough to swear out a search warrant over your testimony. If cops took the testimony of private citizens as enough cause for a warrant, they'd be arresting divorcing people everywhere on the testimony of the vindictive ex-spouse.) The cops were only trying to give a vague reason to you for delivering that warrant. (You really don't think they are going to tell you who their undercover agent is, do you?) It could be someone disguised as a truck driver, the pizza delivery person, anyone who comes into your unit or gets you to open the door. As long as they could see drugs, that can give them enough evidence in many states to obtain the search warrant.

Since you say that she took over the business from her BF (who was busted for it), don't you think it was more than likely that they had already been watching the place for some time before they came and searched to bust her? No doubt when they saw that the traffic pattern of the unit had not changed after her BF got arrested, they just continued the surveilance.

This is, of course, my opinion. But I worked in corrections (state prison) for many years, I rent to many sheriffs as tenants, and I recently had one of my lower end places raided for drugs (marijuana) by search warrant. So believe me when I say it was not because of one phone call. They'd been watching that apartment for some time. Talk to your family and reason this out with them. If they still don't believe you, I doubt any lie detector test is going to prove it to them. Oh, and congratulations on now being drug free! 4 years sober is something to be proud of.

Very helpful advice for all of us!