Tennessee DA Used Cars From Drug Busts for Personal Use
Tennessee DA used cars from drug busts for personal use – dmcantor.com The news never ceases to amaze. Todays topic deals with a West Tennessee DA accused of using assets seized in drug busts for personal use. He used multiple cars for personal use and having a number of firearms at home “for personal safety”. There are even reports of drugs being sold by some employees and of inmates using Crack from they stole. All in all this is too much for Phoenix Criminal Defense Attorney David Michael Cantor who feels that the DA should simply be fired. No response has come from the DA at this time. More from ABAJournal “A state auditor’s report claims oversight of property seized from West Tennessee drug dealers was so lax that jail inmates on a work detail smoked confiscated crack cocaine and a prosecutor drove seized luxury cars. The prosecutor, District Attorney General Hansel McCadams, is accused of occasionally using a variety of items confiscated by the 24th Judicial District Drug Task Force, report the Jackson Sun, the Times Free Press, the Associated Press, WSMV.com and NewsChannel5.com. McCadams is accused of driving a seized BMW Z-3 also used by other officials, as well as a Cadillac CTS, though it wasn’t clear whether McCadams drove the vehicles for his drug enforcement duties or his personal use, according to the report (PDF). He is also accused of using a Harley Davidson motorcycle, a golf cart, a go-cart, a four-wheeler and a trailer. The report says McCadams returned a confiscated handgun and two assault rifles he had kept …
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