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BreakingNewsTeam - > Breaking News -> What happens to seized property?
What happens to seized property?
Location: 129 Weedpatch Highway, Bakersfield, CA

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A reader recently asked us what happens to property seized by officers in busts, citing a recent sting by the Kern County Sheriff’s Department.

On June 20, the department seized $845,000 in cash and arrested three men attempting to buy 40 kilos of cocaine from an undercover agent.

The arrest took place at 24/7 Tire Lube & Car Wash on the 120 block of Weedpatch Highway owned by Jasdev Singh, of Bakersfield, one of the arrestees.

The business is still open, according to the reader who is also a neighbor to the business. The reader asked why the business is still open, and also what happened to seized property.

In this instance, the Sheriff’s Department did not shut down the business because they could not say for sure that the business was a “drug business,” sad Lt. Mike Rascoe of the Sheriff's Department. However, the investigation is ongoing.

And the money seized by authorities in this sting – they get to keep it. Rascoe said the sheriff’s department get 70 percent, while the agencies assisting also get a split. The feds get 20 percent and Bakersfield Police gets 10 percent.

If the seized property was drugs (as in another recent case), Rascoe said it would be put in a property room. About twice a year, those drugs are taken out of the property room and destroyed in an undisclosed location.

— Jorge Barrientos, Breaking News Reporter

Posted in the News interest group.
Topics: sting, seize, property, bust
posted by BreakingNewsTeam on Monday, July 7, 2008 at 11:36 AM
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posted by vwilroy on Jul 7, 2008 at 02:37 PM

What happens to seized property?  It is assumed that any property held by the person prosecuted was bought with illegal money.  It then seized by the government and goes to the US Marshals office or Treasury Dept for auction.  It takes cars, all real property, jewelry and bank accounts.  In order to understand this, go to www.bid4assets.com and check out the auctions.  There are links there to show the order of forfeiture by the courts and what the charges were. 

In one recent case, a 7,000 sq ft house was seized along with $1 million in cash.  This was doctor who was running a pharmacy scam claiming to sell to other legitimate pharmacies (they were all owned by him) and then selling the drugs on line.  There are other cases, such as transporting minors for sex which also end up with asset seizures. 

Regarding the case where the drug dealer owned the 24/7 cars wash, my guess is it will be siezed because it was a front for the transportation of the drugs and prostitution.  I think the drugs were transported by some of the truckers known to Mr. Singh. 

posted by OldBlue56 on Jul 7, 2008 at 04:11 PM

vwilroy, the forfeiture laws are a LOT more complicated than you explain. It's not quite that simple. And it's not assumed that property owned by a person comes from drug sales. It must be proved. Also, there are federal and state forfeiture laws, which are much different.

And the 70/20/10 split described above is not really accurate. A lot of other agencies get a cut of the assets.

posted by vwilroy on Jul 7, 2008 at 05:03 PM

OldBlue, yes, I know it is more complicated and there needs to be proof and a conviction.  I was trying to keep it simple for some of those bloggers and in a way the Kern River swimmers would understand. 

posted by OldBlue56 on Jul 7, 2008 at 05:42 PM

vwilroy, if you try to explain it to "those" bloggers, you are wasting your time... LOL.

posted by reyna805 on Jul 8, 2008 at 09:21 AM

I bet some of the drugs end up back on the streets. If it happened with the guns, why not the drugs?

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