State trooper accused of improper strip search, cavity search; attorney criticizes vague warrant

State police Trooper Douglas Hunt is charged with two search-related misdemeanors in connection with a November 2009 traffic stop. Hunt, 38, is charged with conducting a strip search and a cavity search Nov. 2, 2009, in Saginaw County. What’s not clear is whether the state Attorney General’s office, which is handling the prosecution of Hunt, is accusing the 12-year trooper of acting improper during the alleged search or whether the search itself was improper. Hunt’s arrest warrant is vague, not listing a victim, witnesses, or location other than Saginaw County. “We look forward to seeing what the accusation is, because we don’t understand it,” said Hunt’s Saginaw-based attorney, James F. Piazza. “(The warrant) is incomprehensible as written.”

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