Attorney for Nevada man faults Kansas forfeiture law

 

January 5, 2017



TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An attorney for a Las Vegas man who had $32,000 seized from him at a central Kansas rest stop alleges that the state's Highway Patrol is getting away with "highway robbery" through its asset forfeiture program.

Salvador Franco said he intended to use the cash to buy a truck while visiting family in the St. Louis area but that the sale didn't go through, The Topeka Capital-Journal (http://bit.ly/2hMr1E2 ) reported. He was returning to Las Vegas in March when a trooper approached him at the Ellsworth County truck stop and questioned him about his lack of a front license...



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