Pubdate: Sat, 01 Mar 2014 Source: Medicine Hat News (CN AB) Copyright: 2014 Alberta Newspaper Group, Inc. Contact: http://www.medicinehatnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1833 Author: Alex McCuaig FORMER HATTER SUES CITY POLICE OVER POT ARREST FROM 2012 A former city resident charged with drug and theft allegations two years ago has launched a $750,000 lawsuit against city police. Corey Maxwell, 50, had the charges against him withdrawn in August 2012 after police charged him with marijuana production-related charges stemming from a search warrant executed for an allegedly stolen XBox. Maxwell had a Health Canada licence to grow up to 73 pot plants and possess up to 3,285 grams of the drug for relief of a chronic back injury. The court ordered all the man's growing equipment and marijuana be returned to him following the federal Crown's decision to withdraw all charges. The lawsuit filed Friday claims police forcibly arrested a non-resistant Maxwell during an unlawful search of his premises causing aggravation to his back injury which resulted in him being hospitalized for two weeks. The suit also claims that as a result of the search, the home was condemned, two dogs in the household were locked in a room for 24-hours without food or water, a pet frog died, and the home was condemned forcing the man and his family to relocate. None of the allegations have been proven in court. - --- MAP posted-by: Matt