COPS DECORATE SUSPECT'S HOUSE WITH XMAS LIGHTS AND DILDOS

News In Ohio, the Dayton Daily News reports  an Okeana resident is charging that a Butler County sheriff’s deputy and a state wildlife officer looking for hunting violations at his home violated his civil rights when they moved his girlfriend’s sex toys and his pornography into plain sight, and dressed deer antlers in his home with a hat, Christmas lights and goggles.

Robert James’ lawsuit names Deputy Daron Rhoads, wildlife officer James Tunnell and a third unknown officer. The suit says Rhoads pulled James over on a traffic stop on Nov. 13, 2007, and took him into custody after finding two unsecured firearms in the cab of his truck.

Tunnell was then dispatched and began an investigation into illegal hunting activities, which led to a search of James’ home, according to the complaint.

While James was handcuffed in the cruiser, the complaint says the officers spent roughly four hours searching the home. While there, the suit claims the officers seized his girlfriend’s sex toys, turned them on and left them in plain sight “for James to see that they had found them,” and did the same with pornographic video tapes they found.

It also claims the officers seized James’ weapons and ammunition from secure locations in the home and “lined them up in different and insecure locations all throughout the house.”

Finally, the suit claims the officers “placed a hat, Christmas lights and goggles on deer antlers that were affixed to James’ wall.”

James was ultimately fined for a misdemeanor gun offense, and was charged with a misdemeanor deer tagging offense, according to the complaint.

The suit requests a jury trial. It was filed Friday, Nov. 13 in federal court in Cincinnati by Middletown attorney Christopher Pagan.