An unidentified elderly Horn Lake couple were hospitalized Thursday after police burst into their home thinking it housed a methamphetamine laboratory...I wonder what would have happened had the occupants of the invaded home "acted properly"?
A man and a woman _ both in their 80s _ were injured as TACT team members secured the house although no drugs were found. There were children in the house also, but they were not awakened, Beshears said.
Beshears said the woman received a dislocated shoulder and the man received bruised ribs. Both were taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto, but both asked police not to identify them...
Police Chief Darryl Whaley said...he believes his officers acted correctly and followed procedures when they entered the first home.
"Obviously, a mistake was made and it was regrettable," he said. "But, I stand by my officers. I think they acted properly."
Friday, March 24, 2006