do I really have to say it???
Posted on 12/06/2008 7:03:27 PM PST by BBell
Defense attorney John Fuller last summer needed to get back more than $9,000 seized from his client during a drug arrest.
But when Fuller, armed with a court order, went to both the police Central Evidence and Property division and the clerk of court's office at Criminal District Court, he was told neither had the money, which he said belongs to his client's mother.
The only other agency that possibly could have the money was the Orleans Parish district attorney's office.
A DA investigator checked out all of the evidence in the case from the police evidence room the same day it was supposed to go to trial, Sept. 21, 2007, said Bob Young, a spokesman for the New Orleans Police Department. Investigators often pick up evidence from the police when it is needed in court, such as for a trial.
But the defendants, Jesse Perez and Clifford Havard, didn't go to trial that day, having pleaded guilty to being in the possession of various drugs when stopped by police in April 2006.
After the two men pleaded guilty, the district attorney's office apparently didn't check the money or other evidence back in with either the clerk of court or the NOPD.
Dalton Savwoir, a spokesman for new District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, who was sworn in last month, declined to comment beyond saying the office would investigate the matter.
Fuller's missing money is the second case in less than a month in which a defense attorney has sought to retrieve a client's cash and come up empty-handed.
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
NOT!!!!!
I’ve heard that a freezer is a real good place to hide money.
Frozen Assets!
Time to check the spending habits of the staff.
Ya might think of asking those “lady cops” that were seen taking items out of a large department store.
God, I love that town, but the government’s an absolute mess.
chocolate city is back baby!!! /s
What kind of vacation did the prosecutor take are was it a gambling junket??? LOL
Misplaced $9000? I can understand, happens to me all the time. Right now I’m looking in my pockets for $9000, yet like the folks in N.O., I can’t find it. But I’ll keep looking.
do I really have to say it???
Who’s worse?
A drug dealer who cops a plea and then claims the cash belongs to his mother?
The government official who stole it?
The lawyer who tried to peddle that ridiculous story to get it back?
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