Well, sometimes we here at Control Freak University learn of cool C.F.’er incidents long after they occur, but nevertheless feel that the event seriously merits celebration in the Control Freak world.  Such is the case with this Freak of the Week, but please bear in mind that the source of this information is a lawsuit that was recently filed in the State of Florida, reported to us in a blog, and is yet to be substantiated in a court of law.

We take you back to July 17, 2011 in Florida’s Citrus County, where a Ms. Leila Tarantino was taking an automobile ride with her two children, and had just stopped at stop sign.  A passing officer of the sheriff’s department pulled a u-turn, flashed his lights and rolled up behind her.  As the officer exited his police cruiser, he drew his weapon, pulled her from her car, and refused to explain why he had pulled her over.  Meanwhile, Tarantino’s children remained in her vehicle.

Well, this all seems reasonably normal, you might think, but according to the text of the Ms. Tarantino’s lawsuit, it is here where things get interesting to us Control Freaks.

Reportedly, the officer then placed Tarantino into his squad car, where she supposedly sat for two hours until backup arrived.  Tarantino was then strip searched on the side of the road, in full view of passing motorists, at which point a female officer “forcibly removed” a tampon from Tarantino.

Wow, what a fucking great idea!  How many cops have ever done that on the side of the road?  At least that we have heard about?

The unidentified officer later claimed that Ms. Tarantino had rolled through the stop sign, and that is why he pulled her over. Supposedly, the officers were looking for drugs during the strip search, but none were found.  In her lawsuit, the names of the officers were not divulged, but Tarantino claimed that there were one female and five male officers involved.

Anyway, if these allegations are substantiated in court, it would truly go down in C.F.’er history as something to be emulated by our militarized police forces everywhere.  We can only hope.  So, for taking public strip searches to a new level, Control Freak University honors the Citrus County Sheriff’s Department as our…

FREAK OF THE WEEK!

Sieg Heil, Baby!