More local asset seizure problems
Another extortion lawsuit has been filed in East Tennessee regarding the taking of assets and demanding contributions to the drug fund:
A Kingston couple have filed a $20 million lawsuit against the Loudon County Sheriff’s Department, claiming they were coerced to donate to a drug fund.
Kenneth Wayne Templeton and his former wife, Tina Miller, filed suit Friday in connection with a traffic stop a year ago on Highway 70.
Court documents show Templeton claims that deputies pressured him to contribute an unstated amount to the department’s drug fund to get his truck back.
The vehicle had been confiscated when Templeton was arrested on charges of DUI, driving on a revoked license and drug possession. A judge dismissed all of the charges.
When you have an incentive for taking property, people will take property even when they probably shouldn’t. Not the first time this has happened here.
