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McKINNEY – Last summer, a fugitive took refuge in a McKinney home owned by Vicki Baker. When the city’s SWAT team arrived, they launched a “shock and awe” campaign, using gas grenades, explosives and an armored vehicle to utterly destroy the home.
Last month, Baker filed suit against the city of McKinney, alleging the city refused to compensate her for the damage caused to her home – a requirement under both the U.S. and Texas Constitutions.
On April 14, the city filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that there is a lack of subject matter and that Baker failed to state a claim that can grant relief, court records show.
Mar 9, 2021
On July 25, 2020, police say Wesley Little kidnapped a 15-year-old girl.
He tried to hide at Vicki Baker’s home. He knew Baker because he had done some handyman work for in the past until she ultimately fired him.
With police on his tail, Little took shelter in Baker s home and she left and called police, begging them not to destroy the house because she was scheduled to close the sale of the home the next day.
She reportedly gave police officers a key to the home, as well as a garage door opener and the back gate code.
However, SWAT officers blew open her garage door, smashed 6 windows and rammed the front door with an armored vehicle.
Former McKinney resident suing city for damages after her home was ‘destroyed’ in a SWAT raid
Vicki Baker said her home was rendered “uninhabitable” last summer.
Vicki Baker s McKinney home suffered damages last July after police used tear gas and other explosives to try to apprehend a fugitive inside it.(Courtesy Institute for Justice)
A former McKinney resident is suing the city after she said a SWAT raid at her home last July resulted in extensive damages that rendered the property “uninhabitable.”
Vicki Baker has retained the Virginia-based Institute for Justice, a nonprofit public interest law firm, to represent her in the federal lawsuit, which was filed in the Eastern District of Texas.
SWAT team causes $50,000 to Texas woman s home during raid and leaves her daughter s dog blind and deaf - but city says police have immunity from paying for repairs
Vicki Baker s McKinney, Texas, home was practically demolished on July 25, 2020, after she called 911 to tell them of the armed fugitive
The City of McKinney has refused to pay for the damage
Baker had owned the at 3600 Vista Verde Trail in McKinney since 2007 but was in the process of selling the property in a bid to finance her retirement
The potential buyer walked away from the deal following the destruction