The Detroit Free Press wrote a follow-up article on a December story broken by Senior Investigative Analyst Anne Schieber. The original story was about two men who had thousands of dollars’ worth of property seized in raids of their homes, without being charged with a crime. Since the publishing of the story, both men have been arrested.
Michigan reports seizing “$24.3 million in cash and assets” in the 2014 Asset Forfeiture Report by the Michigan State Police.
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