Roxboro woman asks for apology after 'SWAT-style' raid at home
WHO COULD SEE DANGEROUS, DEADLY
AND FOR HOW LONG.
NEW TODAY, A WOMAN IN ROXBORO
SAYS SHE WANTS THE POLICE TO
APOLOGIZE TO HER.
>> AFTER WHAT SHE CALLED A SWAT
STYLE RAID ON HER HOME. HELLO,
EVERYONE. THANKS FOR JOINING
US. I'M DEBRA MORGAN AND I'M
DAN HAGGERTY. SHAYLA TAP MADE
THAT ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY SAYING
THAT SHE IS
>> STILL VERY SHAKEN UP ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED. SHE SAYS BACK
ON JANUARY 6, SHE WAS IN THE
SHOWER AT THE TIME WHEN POLICE
KNOCKED DOWN HER DOOR AND THEN
HELD HER NAKED ON THE FLOOR AND
SEARCHED HER HOME. WRL'S MONICA
CASEY JOINING US LIVE AFTER
HEARING FROM TAP AND THE POLICE
CHIEF ABOUT ALL THIS. MONICA,
GIVE US THE DETAILS.
>> WELL, SHEILA TAP HAS BEEN
DIAGNOSED WITH PTSD SINCE THIS
ARREST HAPPENED IN JANUARY.
SHE'S ASKING FOR A FORMAL
APOLOGY AND SOME KIND OF CHANGE
TO THE WAY THESE WARRANTS ARE
SERVED TO ENSURE THIS DOESN'T
HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE.
>> 7 MONTHS AFTER HER ARREST,
SHAYLA TAP SAYS SHE STILL FEELS
THE EFFECTS IN HER HOME BUT DO
NOT SLEEP AT NIGHT.
>> I'M TERRIBLY AFRAID.
I WOULD NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN
TO ANYBODY. ROXBORO POLICE CAME
TO TAPS HOUSE AFTER AN ALLEGED
THEFT OF A DOG OFFICERS
RETURNED LATER WITH A WARRANT
AFTER THEY SAID THEY SMELLED
MARIJUANA IN THE HOUSE.
>> TAP IS REPRESENTED BY A
GROUP FOR SURE.
>> AND WENT BACK TO THE POLICE
STATION TO GET A SEARCH WARRANT
TO GET HIS COLLEAGUES TO GET A
SWAT STYLE RAID OF HER HOME.
NOW BY A SWAT STYLE RAID.
I MEAN, POLICE OFFICERS ARMED
WITH ASSAULT RIFLES, ARMED WITH
WEAPONS WITH BODY ARMOR.
TO KNOCK DOWN HER DOOR WITH
A BATTERING RAM. HE SAYS THE
WAY THE WARRANT WAS SERVED WAS
EXCESSIVE. WE ARE NOT AT WAR ON
THE STREETS OF ROXBORO OVER
THE SMELL OF MARIJUANA IN THE
DISTRICT. ATTORNEYS NOTE ABOUT
THE DISMISSAL OF THE CHARGES.
MIKE WATERS WRITES THAT BODY
CAMERA FOOTAGE SHOWS THE SEARCH
WARRANT BEING SERVED IN A
NO-KNOCK MANNER. DESPITE THERE
BEING NO SUSPICION OF DRUG
TRAFFICKING OR DRUG TRADE.
>> IN A STATEMENT FROM ROXBORO
POLICE CHIEF DAVID HESS.
HE WRITES THAT HE IS CONFIDENT
THE BODY CAMERA VIDEO, QUOTE,
SHOWS OFFICERS KNOCKING AND
ANNOUNCING ON THE FRONT DOOR
THAT AFTER NO RESPONSE WENT TO
THE BACK DOOR AND DID THE SAME
THING BEFORE ENTERING WITH A
LAWFULLY OBTAINED SEARCH
WARRANT.
>> AND WE'RE WORKING TO OBTAIN
THAT BODY CAMERA VIDEO
OURSELVES AND REVIEW IT.
WE WILL STAY ON THIS STORY.