What everyone is assuming is that it was a SEARCH warrant when it almost certainly an ARREST warrant for the lady she said no longer lived there. That little tidbit is left out by the attorney, intentionally.
Since the homeowner was not the person the warrant was for, no, she would not get a copy of the warrant. So, thus without further information it would seem to be “warrantless.”
Courts make a serious effort to serve warrants at the last known address.
Again, the story does not give the other side of the story with important details such as whether any surveillance was done on the address that would support the courts decision to serve said warrant there. Or the veracity of the person giving the statement to the press.
DD, the woman admits that the police knocked. So much for the no-knock raid argument.
Yes they knock with the battering ram. But hey the cops got to play with their toys, automatic weapons and laser sights. So although they didnt get to shoot a dog it turned out fairly well.
You know this how?
It's as plain as the nose on Bill Clinton's face that they didn't do enough to know the person they wanted had left a year earlier. Which any Barney Fife could find out in five minutes.