The LEO robbers have been busy in California. Sheriff's Deputies have completed a series of Illegal Roadside Seizures resulting in what else? A lawsuit of course.
Armored Car Company Sues Fed Law Enforcement, CA Sheriff After Trucks are stopped and the contents seized.
Since May 2021, Empyreal’s vehicles were stopped and searched by sheriff’s deputies five times—twice in Kansas
and three times in San Bernardino County, California. The three San Bernardino stops occurred over the course of just eight weeks, including a stop as recently as last January 6.
Although none of these five stops led to an arrest or even a traffic ticket, three resulted in the seizure of all the legal deposits in Empyreal’s vehicles, totaling over $1 million. Each time deputies seized these legal proceeds, they handed them over to federal agencies to take through federal forfeiture procedures. If successfully forfeited, up to 80% of the proceeds taken through the federal “equitable sharing” program would then return to local sheriffs to spend as they please.
https://ij.org/case/empyreal-forfeiture/
01-18-2022, 10:53 PM
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