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FBI took $400K from man who committed no crime NRR

mylatencymylatency 10,475 Posts
edited December 2007 in Strut Central
From Digg:---http://www.limaohio.com/story.php?IDnum=47047Man wants his $400K back from the FBIGreg Sowinski | [email]gsowinski@limanews.com[/email] - 12.18.2007BR>http://www.limaohio.com/media/897671eff808bbf7b38a4d71139da01f.jpg" alt="" />Luther Ricks Sr. sits in the living room of his Greenlawn Avenue home where authorities took more than $400,000 from him earlier this year following a fatal self-defense shooting in his house. The FBI now has his money and is refusing to give it back. (Photo by Matthew Hashiguchi)LIMA ??? Two robbers who broke into Luther Ricks Sr.???s house this summer may have not gotten his life savings he had in a safe, but after the FBI confiscated it he may not get it back.Ricks has tried to get an attorney to fight for the $402,767 but he has no money. Lima Police Department officers originally took the money from his house but the FBI stepped in and took it from the Police Department. Ricks has not been charged with a crime and was cleared in a fatal shooting of one of the robbers but still the FBI has refused to return the money, he said.???They are saying I have to prove I made it,??? he said.The 63-year-old Ricks said he and his wife, Meredith, saved the money during their lifetime in which both worked while living a modest life.A representative of the FBI could not be reached for comment.During the fatal shooting incident inside the house June 30, Ricks and his son were being attacked by two men and his son was stabbed. Ricks broke free, grabbed a gun and shot to death 32-year-old Jyhno Rock inside his home at 939 Greenlawn Ave.Police originally took the money after finding marijuana inside Ricks??? home, which Ricks said he had to help manage pain.???I smoke marijuana. I have arthritis. I have shingles, a hip replacement,??? he said.Ricks, who is retired from Ohio Steel Foundry, said he always had a safe at home and never had a bank account.American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Legal Director Jeff Gamso said Ricks has a tough road ahead, not impossible, but tough to get back his money.???The law of forfeiture basically says you have to prove you???re innocent. It???s terrible, terrible law,??? he said.The law is tilted in favor of the FBI in that Ricks need not be charged with a crime and the FBI stands a good chance at keeping the money, Gamso said.???The law will presume it is the result of ill-gotten gains,??? he said.Still Ricks can pursue it and possibly convince a judge he had the money through a lifetime of savings. Asking the FBI usually doesn???t work, he said.???The FBI, before they would give it up, would want dated receipts,??? he said.If the FBI does keep the money, it would be put toward a law enforcement use, if the city of Lima does not fight for it because the city discovered it, Gamso said.Lima Law Director Tony Geiger said he has not been asked to stake a legal claim for the money.---

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  • street_muzikstreet_muzik 3,919 Posts
    That's not nice.
  • hammertimehammertime 2,389 Posts
    this is unreal...like dude is supposed to save every paystub over his entire career, in case the FBI someday comes along and takes all his money? WTF.
  • mr.brettmr.brett 678 Posts
    You guys need to watch The Wire. This is obviously drug money.
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    Not sure if you're serious but either way it's not funny.
  • SouthCrackalackSouthCrackalack 3,853 Posts
    I wish I didn't read this.
  • BsidesBsides 4,244 Posts
    THATS HELLA FUCKED UP!!!

    cashless society man, thats what they want. Lizard people bastards.
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    That's hip hop.
  • Big_StacksBig_Stacks "I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
    From Digg:


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    http://www.limaohio.com/story.php?IDnum=47047

    Man wants his $400K back from the FBI
    Greg Sowinski | [email]gsowinski@limanews.com[/email] - 12.18.2007

    BR>
    http://www.limaohio.com/media/897671eff808bbf7b38a4d71139da01f.jpg" alt="" />

    Luther Ricks Sr. sits in the living room of his Greenlawn Avenue home where authorities took more than $400,000 from him earlier this year following a fatal self-defense shooting in his house. The FBI now has his money and is refusing to give it back. (Photo by Matthew Hashiguchi)

    LIMA ??? Two robbers who broke into Luther Ricks Sr.???s house this summer may have not gotten his life savings he had in a safe, but after the FBI confiscated it he may not get it back.

    Ricks has tried to get an attorney to fight for the $402,767 but he has no money. Lima Police Department officers originally took the money from his house but the FBI stepped in and took it from the Police Department. Ricks has not been charged with a crime and was cleared in a fatal shooting of one of the robbers but still the FBI has refused to return the money, he said.

    ???They are saying I have to prove I made it,??? he said.

    The 63-year-old Ricks said he and his wife, Meredith, saved the money during their lifetime in which both worked while living a modest life.

    A representative of the FBI could not be reached for comment.

    During the fatal shooting incident inside the house June 30, Ricks and his son were being attacked by two men and his son was stabbed. Ricks broke free, grabbed a gun and shot to death 32-year-old Jyhno Rock inside his home at 939 Greenlawn Ave.

    Police originally took the money after finding marijuana inside Ricks??? home, which Ricks said he had to help manage pain.

    ???I smoke marijuana. I have arthritis. I have shingles, a hip replacement,??? he said.

    Ricks, who is retired from Ohio Steel Foundry, said he always had a safe at home and never had a bank account.

    American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Legal Director Jeff Gamso said Ricks has a tough road ahead, not impossible, but tough to get back his money.

    ???The law of forfeiture basically says you have to prove you???re innocent. It???s terrible, terrible law,??? he said.

    The law is tilted in favor of the FBI in that Ricks need not be charged with a crime and the FBI stands a good chance at keeping the money, Gamso said.

    ???The law will presume it is the result of ill-gotten gains,??? he said.

    Still Ricks can pursue it and possibly convince a judge he had the money through a lifetime of savings. Asking the FBI usually doesn???t work, he said.

    ???The FBI, before they would give it up, would want dated receipts,??? he said.

    If the FBI does keep the money, it would be put toward a law enforcement use, if the city of Lima does not fight for it because the city discovered it, Gamso said.

    Lima Law Director Tony Geiger said he has not been asked to stake a legal claim for the money.
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    Being Black is

    Of course, a Black man could not have made his money honestly, right? and

    Peace,

    Big Stacks from Kakalak
  • kicks79kicks79 1,334 Posts
    If the FBI does keep the money, it would be put toward a law enforcement use, if the city of Lima does not fight for it because the city discovered it, Gamso said.

    The city discovered it?? nice liberal use of the english language there.
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