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Robeson County returns to asset forfeiture program despite ongoing concerns

It’s been more than a decade since 22 people with the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office were ousted because of rampant corruption. The state and federal investigation operation “Tarnished Badge” led to multiple criminal convictions, including perjury, kidnapping, drug trafficking, money laundering, armed robbery, and pirating satellite television signals. The investigation took several years, and investigators...

Brooke Conrad
News

Court tells NCDOT to stop stalling and pay Map Act victims

It’s time to pay up, a Superior Court judge told the N.C. Department of Transportation last week after issuing another order in a longstanding fight over the Map Act. The NCDOT must reimburse dozens of property owners whose land has been condemned for use in state highway projects, Judge Bryan Collins Jr. said Friday, March...

Lindsay Marchello, Kari Travis
Opinion

Congress should take bold steps to keep feds out of local law enforcement

Under federal civil asset forfeiture, local and state law enforcement officers can take your property, including cash, if they suspect said property was somehow connected to a crime. You may be charged with a crime, or you may not. It doesn’t matter, because, as it’s technically a civil action, law officials will still take your...

John Trump
News

Federal asset forfeiture limits would affect N.C. more than other states

The U.S. House of Representatives just took a knife to funding for the federal civil asset forfeiture program — a move that could help protect innocent North Carolinians and their property. Lawmakers on Tuesday passed an amendment — part of a larger appropriations bill — that puts a clamp on U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ plan...

Kari Travis

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