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Man Who Speaks Out About Police Seizing His Property Without Charges is Arrested Hours Later

… and brought to the Van Buren County Jail where he spent the night … Enforcement Team, Lieutenant Wayne Eddington, did not return a … inquiring about civil asset forfeitures on Nov. 7. Eddington did … phone call and spoke about forfeitures in general terms but was … Confidential called the Van Buren County Clerk for a copy of Kowalski’s …

Property Seized, Money Taken – But No Crime

Video Report: How police confiscate property and freeze bank accounts without ever making an arrest

… engineer who lives in Van Buren County. In September, Kowalski came … system called civil asset forfeiture. The U.S. Constitution … process. But civil asset forfeiture is a legal tool by which … than public safety. Asset forfeiture, however, is different. … commander of the unit, Lieutenant Wayne Eddington did not discuss these …

Historical examples of civil asset forfeiture abuse

… have endured through asset forfeiture. There are likely several … engineering and lives in Van Buren County. He is a medical marijuana … Thomas Williams of St. Joseph County said he spent 10 hours in … search warrant in Shiawassee County and found marijuana plants … back up. An officer with Wayne County Sheriff’s Morality Unit …

Open-Records Law Reveals: Cops Take Cars From Little Guys; School Pay Tricks; Much More

Government likes secrecy and Michigan officials get more clever at ducking records requests

The website of the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office gives high … criminal and civil cases,” the county claims. “These sensitive cases … offenses. The scheme involved Wayne County law enforcement officers … to obtain records of the forfeitures, and reporters wrote about … Information Act request, Wayne County turned over documents from …

Introduction

… the current civil asset forfeiture system is structured in … to seize property through forfeiture laws. For example, Republican … 70-year-old Joseph Puertas’s Oakland County home and business were raided … their safes if the County’s forfeiture of these assets is approved … Michael J. Talbot of the Wayne County Circuit Court ordered forfeiture …

Notes and References

… stories about victims of forfeiture laws, see Bovard, supra … Assets at Center of Fierce Forfeiture Battle, Detroit Free Press, … Toxicologist for Florida’s Dade County Medical Examiner’s Office, … A License to Steal: The Forfeiture of Property 136 (1996). … discretion. See People ex rel Wayne Co. Prosecutor v. Tate, 306 …

Real World Results

As a result of civil forfeiture laws, innocent citizens all over the country … engineering and lives in Van Buren County. He is a medical marijuana patient, … 2013, Thomas Williams of St. Joseph County said he spent 10 hours in handcuffs … waiting for Vaughn, an officer with Wayne County Sheriff’s Morality Unit accused …

Endnotes

… Golembiewski, "Sprawl Squeezes Tri-County," Lansing State Journal, July … its city limits. Data on county population and land use are taken from County Agricultural Statistics, 1996 … percent of the sites were in Wayne, Oakland, Ingham, and Crawford … Kochan, "Reforming Property Forfeiture Laws to Protect Citizens' …

All “MichiganVotes.org Weekly Roll Call Report” Votes for 2011

… Secretary of State of any upcoming county or state convention to nominate … matter of intense interest to county political establishments, … Convey closed prison to Wayne County Passed 25 to 12 in the … property in Northville to Wayne County or another local government, … enforcement funding through drug forfeiture money: Passed 34 to 2 in …

The Bills of September - Bills

House Bills 5285 to 5493; Senate Bills 786 to 882

… 5286 (Revise criminal asset forfeiture details) Introduced by Rep. … for buildings seized under forfeiture provisions of illegal drug … (Revise land grant to Calhoun County hospital) Introduced by Rep. … certain state land in Calhoun County formerly deeded to the American … to DNR) Introduced by Rep. Wayne Schmidt (R) on September 10, …