Evidence rooms are sacrosanct from the standpoint of the integrity of evidence. The fact that there was some sort of known tampering going on could potentially rasise questions about every piece of evidence in the room, particulary if it is of the type tampered with. Once has to wonder how long this has been going on before being detected. If it has beeen going on for some time, how could that even happen?
The La Crosse Tribune and the Police Department reported today that Brian Thomson's illegal activities were detected through a "sting" operation at the department, reportedly using "fake drugs." In other words, he was set up. The activities uncovered by the sting led to an "audit" of the evidence room which revealed additional "manipulations" of evidence, as reported in an earlier blog below. At this time, it is completely unknown the quantity of evidence that is affected by the "manipulations", or whether that can even be determined.
Evidence rooms are sacrosanct from the standpoint of the integrity of evidence. The fact that there was some sort of known tampering going on could potentially rasise questions about every piece of evidence in the room, particulary if it is of the type tampered with. Once has to wonder how long this has been going on before being detected. If it has beeen going on for some time, how could that even happen? Comments are closed.
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AuthorChristopher W. Dyer, a Wisconsin and Minnesota Trial Lawyer, serving La Crosse and surrounding counties. Archives
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