Cops called on Elderly Folks for mistaking Hibiscus For Weed Plant

in #news7 years ago (edited)

Police Arrest Elderly Couple After Mistaking Hibiscus Plant For Weed. Mind your own business Folks!

Nationwide was not on their side.

An insurance agent was called to an elderly families house because a tree fell on their house. The agent calls the cops because he thinks the hibiscus plant in marijuana plant. Lets see if you can tell the difference...

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""An elderly couple in Pennsylvania is suing their insurance company and their local police after they were allegedly arrested and mistreated after their hibiscus plants were wrongly reported as marijuana plants.
Edward Cramer, 69, and his wife Audrey, 66, from Buffalo Township, allege they were handcuffed and forced to sit in a hot police car for hours last month aft arrived looking for drugs.
The couple are suing the Buffalo Township police and the Nationwide Insurance Company over the incident, claiming excessive force, false arrest, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional stress over the incident, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “*

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Good news . thanks

Well I wouldnt call that "good news" haha but yeah thanks its interesting right? I guess its good news that they are suing for such an invasion of privacy...

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