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A Mount Vernon woman says NYPD officers kicked in her door and illegally searched her apartment, looking for a person she says she does not know. Geneva Smith, 54, says the incident happened last Tuesday

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Woman claims police illegally searched her home

A Mount Vernon woman says NYPD officers kicked in her door and illegally searched her apartment, looking for a person she says she does not know. Geneva Smith, 54, says the incident happened last Tuesday

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