Plaintiff:
Christopher Grooms
Incident date:
10/23/2007
Location:
4830 S. Union Ave.
Allegations:
Grooms was riding with his friend, Eddie Brantley, when police stopped the two and searched Grooms without a warrant. Officers Tencza and Turney searched the car several times, but initially found nothing. At that point, Brantley saw Tencza put an object in the back of the car, which belonged to his mother. Tencza then claimed he had found drugs there. Tencza and Wantuck then arrested Grooms and took him to the 9th District police station, where he was charged with drug possession. The drug charges against Grooms were dismissed after a lab analysis showed that the substance found in the car was not drugs.