In light of all of the information discussed in these 13 threads, something stands out to me. In Leonard's first interview, after being asked by a reporter if he felt safe, he warned that "if someone came to his house and identified himself as "a deputy," he had better watch out." Did Leonard say this because he was angry that LE had questioned his daughter in the middle of the night AND had taken his son's truck away or because he just didn't trust deputies?
Hm, I didn't catch that at the time, but it does go along with what I was saying yesterday. Now it makes me wonder if people in the county have had incidents happen like that, because he said he was going to give LE some time, then he was going to start talking. Now he's not talking, which might mean he's been talked to and satisfied with the direction they're going and has been told to be quiet.
I found it interesting that in some states you can take seize properties where illegal drugs have been found, even without being charged. So it makes me wonder if that's what they're doing with the Rhodens property.
"Authorities use a civil forfeiture law that allows them to seize people's property when that property is connected to the sale of illegal drugs.
CNN legal analyst and consumer attorney, Brian Kabateck, says the law is intended to protect the public. "It discourages crime and it takes the ill-gotten gains away from the bad people."
But not all people who have their property taken away are charged with a crime. Unlike criminal forfeiture, the civil law allows authorities to seize property without the owner ever being convicted or even charged.
In North Carolina property can be forfeited only if the property owner is actually convicted of a crime. This is not so in other states."
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/03/us/philadelphia-drug-bust-house-seizure/
"Civil forfeiture can be used on the federal or state level. Only eight states -- Maine, Maryland, Missouri, Indiana, Vermont, North Carolina, Ohio and North Dakota -- require seized funds be placed in a neutral account. Other states allow law enforcement to directly profit from the civil forfeitures or put proceeds into a special crime fighting fund."
What does neutral account mean?