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Message: <blockquote data-quote="inactive" data-source="post: 3136400" data-attributes="member: 7488"><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2018/07/20/feds-order-georgia-sheriff-to-return-69g-spent-on-hellcat-muscle-car.html" target="_blank">http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2018/07/20/feds-order-georgia-sheriff-to-return-69g-spent-on-hellcat-muscle-car.html</a><a href="http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/i-team/feds-gwinnett-sheriff-s-hellcat-violates-drug-money-rules" target="_blank">Fox 5 reports</a> that the U.S. Department of Justice has asked the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office to pay back $69,258 that it received from a federal program that distributes seized drug money to law enforcement agencies, which was used to buy the 707 hp Dodge Charger Hellcat in May. ...  The black sedan is being used as Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway’s official car...First we pick your pocket, then we buy a 700+ horsepower Dodge to take racing with that money.  While I concede it doesn't note if the funds were criminal or civil forfeiture, I'm going ahead and taking the leap of assuming a good portion of the federal seizures were civil asset forfeiture.</blockquote>