Northampton County Seizes $156K in Drug Money
District Attorney says money seized from drug sales has helped Easton community groups, police.
In the last year, drug dealers in Easton helped fund the city's police, block watch and community center. Of course, they never intended to do that. But when police seized the proceeds from their drug sales, that money went to Northampton County's drug forfeiture and seizure program, which collected more than $156,000 for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. "We want to make sure drug use and drug dealing in Northampton County is very unprofitable," District Attorney John Morganelli said Tuesday at a news conference announcing the seizures. Under state law, prosecutors can seize money, cars, real estate and other property that's either used to facilitate the sale of illegal drugs, or results from those sales. Since beginning the program in 1992, the…
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Amend Wun
3:48 pm on Wednesday, July 25, 2012
I agree with Rabbi Gerard. The war on drugs has proven to be a failure. Just like prohibition in the 20s-30s; it breeds crime, not deters it. more ›