Pubdate: Wed, 03 Aug 2005
Source: Ledger, The (FL)
Copyright: 2005 The Ledger
Contact:  http://www.theledger.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/795
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MAN SUES POLICE OFFICER OVER ASHES

Mount Dora -- A man is suing this city and one of its police officers for 
allegedly dumping his infant daughter's ashes during a drug search.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in Lake Circuit Court, accuses Mount Dora and 
officer Brad Cline of illegally stopping and searching Jason Burnham, 34, 
as he was walking home after Hurricane Charley.

Cline allegedly emptied the ashes from a cross-shaped pendant Burnham was 
wearing because he suspected it held cocaine.
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