Texas sheriff under investigation for routinely seizing cash from undocumented immigrants

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One sheriff's deputy told investigators that “seizing currency from undocumented immigrants ... has been standard operating procedure for as long as he has been employed by the Real County Sheriff’s Office," according to search warrant requests.
Real County Sheriff Nathan Johnson.

Texas sheriff under investigation for routinely seizing cash from und…
Search warrants show that Real County Sheriff Nathan Johnson is under scrutiny by state investigators, accused of illegally confiscating cash and a pickup truck from immigrants stopped by his deputie…
texastribune.org
11:42 AM · Jan 11, 2022

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/10/real-county-sheriff-investigation/


A rural sheriff near the Texas border is under criminal investigation for allegedly having his deputies illegally seize money and a truck from undocumented immigrants during traffic stops.

Last month, investigators with the Texas Rangers and the Texas Attorney General’s Office raided four Real County Sheriff’s Office locations as part of an investigation into Sheriff Nathan Johnson, according to search warrants obtained this week by The Texas Tribune. The investigating Texas Ranger said Johnson admitted to regularly seizing money from undocumented immigrants during traffic stops, even if they were not accused of any state crime, before handing them over to United States Border Patrol agents.

One sheriff's deputy told investigators that “seizing currency from undocumented immigrants and the driver has been standard operating procedure for as long as he has been employed by the Real County Sheriff’s Office,” Texas Ranger Ricardo Guajardo wrote in the warrant requests.

Guajardo accused Johnson of felony-level theft by a public servant and abuse of official capacity, alleging the sheriff’s cash and vehicle seizures were in violation of the state’s relatively lenient civil asset forfeiture laws.

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[MagickMuffin]

1. "Well I saw some criminal activities going on and decide I'd join in"

Yep, what are they going to do about it. OH yeah nothing because after we STEAL their cash we turn them over to ICE.


The whole department needs to be investigated.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Shut 'em down, throw 'em all in jail and start from scratch...

Oh, we only do that for useful programs?

Never mind.

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R

[tenderfoot]

4. Lone Star

[stopdiggin]

5. to the surprise of virtually no one -(nt)-

[Demovictory9]

6. Robbers