Danielle George - All Headline News Staff Reporter

Mount Dora, FL (AHN)- A Lake Circuit Court accuses Officer Brad Cline of illegally stopping and searching Jason Burnham, 34, as he was walking home after Hurricane Charley.

Cline allegedly emptied the ashes from a cross-shaped pendant Burnham was wearing because he suspected it held cocaine, according to an Associated Press report.

Taking the pendant from Burnham, the officer broke its seal and dumped the ashes on the hood of his patrol car, the suit says.

"Defendant Cline, after seeing that the ashes were not cocaine, wiped Plaintiff Burnham's daughter's ashes to the ground," the suit says.

The suit also alleges Cline broke city policy by not turning on his lights and camera to record the stop. Burnham was not charged in the incident, the agency reported.