"In the 2022 incident, police were responding to a 911 call from a frightened employee of Paul Carey, who runs a dentist practice out of his Massapequa home, saying she'd seen Carey brandishing a gun after yelling her name from inside his house, where he kept, per law enforcement, a hefty armory that included over 30 guns; many loaded, 61 high-capacity magazines; seven silencers; 3,000 rounds of ammunition."
"Two dozen officers and an armored SWAT vehicle arrived at Carey's home in response to the call. They took a battering ram through his unlocked front door without a warrant after he'd already been arrested by police, Carey says in his complaint."
"State Supreme Court Justice Robert Schwartz found that those cops should have waited for a warrant from a judge. He deemed the raid illegal and dismissed the battery of counts of illegal weapon possession filed against Carey."
"Carey, 66, claims his weapons were obtained legally. He alleges that, between legal fees to defend himself in that now-dropped case, damages to his home and loss of income at his dental practice due to reputational damage, he's owed roughly $2 million from the county, as well as punitive damages."
Connor Patton is suing Nassau County and its police department after a botched raid led to the dismissal of 73 weapons charges against him. Police entered his home without a warrant, responding to a 911 call from an employee who reported seeing him with a gun. The raid was deemed illegal by a judge, who dismissed the charges. Carey claims his weapons were legally obtained and seeks $2 million in damages for legal fees, home damage, and reputational harm caused by false statements made by the police commissioner during a press conference.
Read at www.amny.com
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