Attorneys for a couple filed a federal lawsuit this week accusing Fort Lauderdale Police of looking the other way
while two officers — in a unit once known as the "Raiders" — illegally seized cash and property during an arrest on bogus charges.
Glen Edward Roysden, 56, and Patricia Roysden, 43, of Tennessee, were arrested outside the Fort Lauderdale Pain Management Center on April 22, 2010.
She was charged with possession of oxycodone and alprazolam, while he was charged with possession of marijuana and oxycodone.
According to the lawsuit, the Street Crimes Unit officers who stopped them, Brian Dodge and Billy Koepke, seized their pain medications, $3,017 from Patricia Roysden's purse, and $5,417 from Glen Roysden's pockets. The larger sum, according to the lawsuit, was pocketed by Koepke and never officially acknowledged again.
The officers told the Roysdens "something to the effect of, 'The money's gone. You can just forget that. … The money is gone as well as your vehicle. It's gone. You just want to find another way home," the lawsuit alleges.
The lawsuit did not list the address of the pain center. The officers allegedly mocked the couple for being from Tennessee.
"Get the hell out of my city, get the hell out of Florida and go back home," Dodge is accused of saying. "Don't ever come back."
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