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Deputies Raid Wrong Address, Kill Couple's Dogposted 11:24 pm Mon November 19, 2007 - Accokeek, Md.
An Accokeek couple is demanding an apology after Prince George's County Sheriff's Deputies burst into their home and killed their dog - all because deputies went to the wrong address.
Pam and Frank Myers were tucked away in their home Friday night watching a movie when the warrant squad pounced.
"All of a sudden I hear, bang, bang, bang, 'Open the door, police, open the door,'" said Pam Myers.
For 45 minutes the Myers were kept prisoner in their own home.
"They wouldn't let me go to the bathroom which is like seven feet down the hall," said Frank Myers.
"it was terrifying. I can't sit on my couch at night any more. I'm looking over my shoulder the whole time," said Pam Myers.
The Myers say the deputies knew immediately they had raided the wrong home. They say it could have ended with an apology, until the couple heard two shots from the yard.
"And I said, 'You just shot my dog," said Pam Myers, through tears. "I just wanted to go out and hold her a bit. They wouldn't even let me go out."
The couple's five-year-old boxer Pearl was killed. The deputy says he feared for his life. They say the dog would bark but was no danger to the deputies.
ABC 7/NewsChannel 8's Brad Bell reports that a search of court records shows a warrant for a suspected drug dealer who lives two doors away at 14610 Livingston Road. The address is clearly displayed on that house.
"It's just not right that people have to worry about - police have their jobs to do, but the house is marked over there. All they had to do was go look," she said. "I want the sheriff to apologize to my family for killing their dog."
The Myers say they have received no apology. They say the deputies just left the scene, offering no explanation. Deputies didn't even acknowledge that they had killed the dog, according to the Myers.
The Sheriff's Department says it's investigating what went wrong.
Deputies did, incidently, arrest the man named in the warrant Monday morning on felony gun and drug charges.
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