Police in Seward county use a legal loophole called civil forfeiture to keep motorists' cash without having to charge them with anything car auto cars
to seize cash and other assets without ever charging or convicting individuals for a crime. Over the last decade, it’s cost motorists millions of dollars.
According to one study, Seward County is responsible for one-third of all the civil forfeiture cases in Nebraska over the last ten years. That’s despite the fact that it has a population of just 17,692. Over just the past five years, it’s raked in over $7 million through the process which is second only to Lancaster County, population 550,000+.
A part of that value comes from situations where a person is convicted of a crime and their assets are seized and sold. In many cases though, it comes from motorists that are initiallyRunning From Police In A Toyota Prius Goes As Well As You Can Imagine Bouldin was pulled over for following too closely. On his way to Colorado, Bouldin was carrying some $18,000 in cash which police found. According to him, authorities told him that he could either surrender the cash or go to jail for charges associated with. Further, he alleges that they threatened to tow his van and take his dog to the pound.
“They were trying really hard for me to sign that,” Bouldin said to the Flatwater Free Press, the source that conducted the study. “I was planning on going to the casino and gambling, and just having a good vacation, possibly buying a car out there,” he said. Notably, it’s legal to travel with any amount of cash.is incredibly in-depth and worth a read.
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