Post by Logan on Jun 25, 2016 3:17:37 GMT -6
Kathleen Kane's office waits nearly two years to disclose $1.77 million seizure
HARRISBURG — Somewhere in the bowels of the state attorney general's office nearly $1.8 million of seized money sat in storage for nearly two years as questions swirled about how it was confiscated.
The Morning Call could find no incident reports of the June 24, 2014, seizure. No search warrants. No arrest affidavits. Not until the state attorney general's office filed a forfeiture petition for the money in Cumberland County Court on June 16, did its existence become public.
According to the petition, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration used the seizure to indict a Florida man in November on charges he ran a $10 million, cross-country marijuana ring.
For 10 months, state officials had refused to discuss the seizure with The Morning Call and denied public records requests for information about it. Federal authorities were equally silent. A federal judge sealed part of the Florida man's court file from public view.
Read more: www.mcall.com/news/local/investigations/mc-pa-attorney-general-secret-seizure-2-20160625-story.html
HARRISBURG — Somewhere in the bowels of the state attorney general's office nearly $1.8 million of seized money sat in storage for nearly two years as questions swirled about how it was confiscated.
The Morning Call could find no incident reports of the June 24, 2014, seizure. No search warrants. No arrest affidavits. Not until the state attorney general's office filed a forfeiture petition for the money in Cumberland County Court on June 16, did its existence become public.
According to the petition, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration used the seizure to indict a Florida man in November on charges he ran a $10 million, cross-country marijuana ring.
For 10 months, state officials had refused to discuss the seizure with The Morning Call and denied public records requests for information about it. Federal authorities were equally silent. A federal judge sealed part of the Florida man's court file from public view.
Read more: www.mcall.com/news/local/investigations/mc-pa-attorney-general-secret-seizure-2-20160625-story.html