Elderly couple claims police raided wrong home

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An elderly District couple is suing the Metropolitan Police Department for $1 million for allegedly raiding the wrong apartment during a drug search. The lawsuit filed by 68-year-old Danny Costello and his wife, Gai Nguyen, claim that D.C. police failed to double-check the address before breaking down their door and barging in with guns drawn. Police did not find what they were looking for and one of the officers was overheard wondering out loud whether they officers got the wrong apartment, the suit states.

“Before attempting to execute the search warrant, the police officers had a duty to make sure that they were executing the warrant only for the apartment listed in the warrant. But the officers did not do this,” the lawsuit said.

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