New Orleans man wins legal battle over $30,000 seized by DEA agents
New Orleans man has been granted his $30,000 in life savings that DEA agents took from him at an airport last in 2020. Kermit Warren, was an out-of-work shoeshine man traveling through the airport in Columbus, Ohio, with $30K in cash after the sale of a truck fell through according to NBC News. Then federal drug agents stopped Warren and started asking him questions that he struggled to answer.
The New Orleans resident had a one-way plane ticket back home, with no luggage, and stumbled answering questions about himself and the cash, causing the agents to suspect it was drug money. Warren wasn’t charged with any crime, agents seized all of his cash before letting him go.
Warren became victim to the U.S. law enforcement practice of civil asset forfeiture conducted to catch potential drug traffickers who are known to use cars and planes to ship large amounts of cash around the country. Months after the airport incident, the federal government filed a civil forfeiture complaint in court in an attempt to keep Warren’s money forever, Forbes reports.
The 58-year-old grandfather says he struggled through the pandemic after having all of his money taken from him.
“This last year has truly been a nightmare for me,” said Warren. Last week, he received good news after learning the DEA decided to return his seized earnings and dismiss the case.
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