October 25, 2006 @ 11:38 am

Shaquille O'Neal Accused of Being Part of Botched Raid

Mariel Concepcion

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Shaq, who also works as a firearms-certified reserve police, and hopes to become a Bedford deputy or sheriff somewhere else after his NBA career ends, denied on Tuesday (Oct. 24) taking part in serving the search warrant at the wrong house Sept. 23. However, Bedford County Sheriff's Lt. Michael Harmony confirmed that O'Neal was there, according to the Associated Press. right "Of course, being sheriff is a seasoned political position, so we're not going to be out there knocking down the wrong doors," the 13-time All-Star said. "We just have to do the right thing." Authorities realized they had been given the wrong IP address - which Internet service providers can use to identify users - after conducting the search, leading them to the wrong physical address. A.J. Nuckols, who said his family has filed formal complaints, wrote in a letter published in the Chatham Star-Tribune that the raid at his Gretna, Va., home scared him and his family "beyond description." He also said that he heard O'Neal was at his home, but didn't see the 7-foot-1, 325-pound b-baller amidst all the commotion. The sheriff's office conducted a successful search on the correct home Friday, finding child pornography and securing a statement from a man saying he knowingly distributed it, reported the AP. The Bedford Sheriff's Office enlisted O'Neal to be the spokesman and public face of its anti-child pornography and child predator campaign, making him a deputy last year.

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