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District Attorney George Gascon, left, and Public Defender Jeff Adachi speak at the University of San Francisco's Law School on Thursday, April 7, 2011

Public Defender Jeff Adachi said Friday's dropped cases involving officers allegedly mishandling drug busts are a sign that these incidents are no longer isolated to specific buildings in San Francisco.

District Attorney George Gascón Friday afternoon dropped 26 cases involving San Francisco police's Mission Station, which has recently been under scrutiny after Adachi released footage that he claims show misconduct by officers during drug busts at residential hotels around the city.

One of the cases dismissed Friday took place in August last year, when police were checking the home of a man on probation and officers allegedly kicked down the man's bedroom door and took property from his home, according to Adachi.

The man's stepfather and mother, Javier and Mariette Tenorio, saw the wave of cases being dismissed and then approached the public defender, telling him that property had been stolen, Adachi said.

Javier Tenorio explained at a news conference Friday that police initially approached him on Aug. 19, 2010, and asked him if he had any drugs.

He said he then consented to a search after an officer, who he identified as Sgt. Kevin Healy, threatened to arrest him if he did not comply.

During the search, Healy took Tenorio's keys to his home, Tenorio said.

He said that Healy then went with Tenorio to his home, and Healy told Tenorio that he did not need a search warrant, Tenorio said.

Healy then searched Tenorio's home without his consent, Tenorio said, and Healy kicked down his 32-year-old son's locked door when he could not open it.

Police then confiscated several items from his son's bedroom that were never booked into evidence, according to Tenorio.

The items include a collection of baseball hats, a large jar of quarters, a camera, two new iPods, a cellphone and new shavers, Tenorio said.