Kentucky Business Owner Sues Police Over Raids

The owner of a western Kentucky pizza joint and a suntan parlor is suing Hopkinsville police over drug raids at his businesses.

Luther Anderson, who owns Pizz-A-Roma and Sunkissed Tanning, which share a building in Hopkinsville, claims in the lawsuit that police officers searched the building shared by the two businesses without a search warrant.

Officers raided the building on April 24. Police say they seized 1,215 packages of synthetic drugs and 44 cases of glass pipes.

Anderson also owns The ToyBox in Oak Grove, which Hopkinsville and Oak Grove police raided April 25. Officers say they took two plastic containers of synthetic drugs.

Hopkinsville Police Chief Guy Howie told the Kentucky New Era he stands behind the officers and “the professional investigations that they did.”

Latest Comments

• May 10, 2012 at 8:59 am

  reality bites says:

  Oh, wait - - - the perfect customer is that wacko from NJ who dragged her 5YO into the salon! Perfect match! Nearly as predicted except the weight!
• May 4, 2012 at 2:34 pm

  Sally Anne Fannymaker says:

  Maybe he should stop referring to his business as a pizza "joint."
• May 4, 2012 at 2:32 pm

  reality bites says:

  I'm wondering if I have to hand it to this fellow. He seems to be the master of horizontal integration, what with a pizza parlor, a tanning salon, a store with adult 'toys', a... read more