Residents are filing a complaint against the Lafayette Police Department after a wellness check gone wrong. WLFI has obtained video showing multiple Lafayette Police Officers entering the home without a warrant, and arresting people inside for resisting law enforcement.

On May 21, multiple Lafayette police officers entered William Neal's home without a warrant. Neal said the incident stems from a wellness check in which Lafayette police said they had significant reason to believe someone was hurt inside. Lafayette Police confirmed they did not have a warrant.

"We had a call that we need to check on you. You need to come out here. That's not a lawful order," Neal said. "You need to come out here. We need to come out here. That don't make no sense."

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Neal said the officer claimed a call was made to 9-1-1 and Neal, his son, and his girlfriend Tammy needed to step outside and speak with officers. Lafayette Police confirm no call was made from the house.

In a statement to News 18, Lafayette Police Chief Scott Galloway said, "Officers had received compelling evidence suggesting a domestic battery and confinement had occurred with persons at the address."

According to Neal, the evidence is a seven-year-old video of a domestic violence situation between Neal's other son, and another woman taking place in another town.

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Neal said the son doesn't live in the house anymore. He and his girlfriend were wrongly addressed by the police as the names of the two individuals in the video.

"They talking about they want to bust into my house because I'm Michael, and this is Leslie. And I'm like, you're wrong," Neal said.

In his statement, Police Chief Galloway stated officers were "unable to verify the safety of the individuals inside."

Officers entered the residence and encountered two adult males, who were then arrested for misdemeanor resisting law enforcement. Tammy was left behind.

"Pull me down the steps, I trip, I hurt my knee. You know if you're here for a wellness check for a female, and then you man handle a female," Tammy Cooper said. "it doesn't make sense to me."

After being released from the Tippecanoe County Jail, Neal filed a complaint against the Lafayette Police Department.

"The had me posted all on the Tippecanoe booking sheet or whatever like I'm some kind of criminal. That was rape. Rape of my rights," he said.