St. Louis Police Kept Seized Cash that Should Have Been Returned

For years, St. Louis police wrongly kept and earned interest on millions of dollars seized in the arrests of suspects, the department admitted Wednesday. It amassed a cache of up to about $6 million.

For years, St. Louis police wrongly kept and earned interest on millions of dollars seized in the arrests of suspects, the department admitted Wednesday.

It amassed a cache of up to about $6 million, disregarding laws requiring that money seized from a suspect be returned to its owner, used to satisfy back child support or forfeited to a state school fund.

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