Link to article fromLas Vegas City Life
Seize this!
BY STEVE SEBELIUS
Both the Las Vegas Sun and the Review-Journal jumped all over Dave Olsen, city attorney of sleepy Boulder City, when he filed a lawsuit to seize the home of Cynthia Warren.
Boulder City police, ably assisted by the SWAT team from nearby Henderson, stormed Warren’s home in April to discover six marijuana plants and various and sundry marijuana-related paraphernalia inside. She was arrested, charged with several felonies, and ultimately pled no contest to possession of a controlled substance. But before she entered her plea, Olsen filed a lawsuit to seize her house, valued at around $400,000, contending it was part of the instrumentality of her crime.
“In the drug world, this thing is probably nothing. But in a town of 15,000 people where we have one or two children die every year because of controlled substances, it is a big deal to us,” Olsen told the R-J. To the Sun, he added: “The best way to send a message to folks that drug distribution to young people won’t be tolerated is to take away their house. This gets their attention. We’re sending a message loud and clear that if you package and distribute drugs from your house, you lose your home. Hopefully, it will act as a deterrent.”
And you know what? I agree with him, wholeheartedly. We must seize the property of those who put children in danger, and we must do it now.
So that’s why we’ve got to immediately seize Dave Olsen’s motorcycle.
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