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OK Sheriff indicted for bribery, extortion after traffic stop
Posted on 4/1/16 at 1:27 pm
Posted on 4/1/16 at 1:27 pm
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Colbert and Deputy Jeffrey Gragg are alleged to have conspired together to bribe two individuals, taking $10,000 in exchange for not pursuing drug charges.
According to a news release, Gragg performed a traffic stop of a vehicle driven by Torrell Wallace and a 17-year-old passenger. During the stop, the release says Gragg searched the vehicle and found $10,000.
Wallace and the passenger said the cash belonged to them. The release says they were arrested for possession of drug proceeds. They were taken to the jail where, according to the release, Colbert and Gragg accepted a bribe and released Wallace and the 17-year-old and their records were deleted.
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Apparently these guys got pulled over and charged with drug charges for possessing $10k in cash. Back at the jailhouse, the sheriff offered to drop charges in exchange for waiving their rights to the cash that was seized.
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Posted on 4/1/16 at 1:28 pm to NYNolaguy1
Cops are messed up
But probably was drug money
But probably was drug money
Posted on 4/1/16 at 1:29 pm to NYNolaguy1
Uhh, he doesnt sound like an ok sheriff to me. I'd hate to see what you call a bad sheriff.
This post was edited on 4/1/16 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 4/1/16 at 1:29 pm to NYNolaguy1
Sounds like a good deal for both sides
Posted on 4/1/16 at 1:48 pm to NYNolaguy1
This isn't a bug, this is a complication of the feature. Civil Forfeiture is how many police departments stay afloat instead of cutting costs:
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Hundreds of state and local departments and drug task forces appear to rely on seized cash, despite a federal ban on the money to pay salaries or otherwise support budgets. The Post found that 298 departments and 210 task forces have seized the equivalent of 20 percent or more of their annual budgets since 2008.
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There have been 61,998 cash seizures made on highways and elsewhere since 9/11 without search warrants or indictments through the Equitable Sharing Program, totaling more than $2.5 billion. State and local authorities kept more than $1.7 billion of that while Justice, Homeland Security and other federal agencies received $800 million. Half of the seizures were below $8,800.
Posted on 4/1/16 at 1:49 pm to NYNolaguy1
quote:Get off my lawn!
Torrell
This post was edited on 4/1/16 at 1:50 pm
Posted on 4/1/16 at 2:07 pm to NYNolaguy1
What does anything this sheriff did make him ok?
Posted on 4/1/16 at 2:27 pm to NYNolaguy1
frick da Police.
Posted on 4/1/16 at 2:29 pm to NYNolaguy1
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Torrell Wallace and a 17-year-old
does he have a job?
Posted on 4/1/16 at 2:40 pm to NYNolaguy1
Happens every day...
Posted on 4/1/16 at 2:59 pm to NYNolaguy1
If they accepted the bribe deal, then it was for sure drug money. If it were someone's personal cash, they would have said F You, it's mine.
Posted on 4/1/16 at 3:11 pm to NYNolaguy1
Merely explain to the Gestapo that it is none of their bees wax where your currency originated.
Then, ask them if you are being detained.
After all, this is not some kind of police state.
Then, ask them if you are being detained.
After all, this is not some kind of police state.
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