-Caveat Lector- ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 10:44:58 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Elizabeth Wehrman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FEAR: US NH: Feds Using Drug Laws To Seize Southern NH Property Send reply to: Elizabeth Wehrman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: Forfeiture Endangers American Rights http://www.fear.org/ FEAR also offers an unmoderated discussion list and digests for all lists List update: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=FEAR-list-update Swap to digest: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=digest URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01.n1607.a01.html Newshawk: Sledhead - http://www.maximizingharm.com/ Pubdate: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 Source: Concord Monitor (NH) Copyright: 2001 Monitor Publishing Company Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.cmonitor.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/767 Author: Associated Press Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/af.htm (Asset Forfeiture) FEDS USING DRUG LAWS TO SEIZE SOUTHERN N.H. PROPERTY CONCORD, N.H. - A Windham man has become the latest target in a series of federal drug forfeiture cases in southern New Hampshire. Prosecutors this week filed a sealed complaint against Timothy Bishop, attaching his home and several other properties, vehicles and assets. No criminal charges have been filed against Bishop. He has an unlisted phone number and could not be reached for comment Thursday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jean Weld said she could not comment on the case but said, "all this stuff should be public within a matter of weeks." Previously, Weld had filed forfeiture claims in U.S. District Court against several other Nashua area businessmen. One complaint alleges the owner of Sharpshooter Billiards, Francis Calaguiro of Nashua, was involved in cocaine dealing, video gambling and money laundering through his business. The complaint also says Rick Stoddard of Nashua was involved in drug dealing on his own and with Calaguiro. According to the complaint, undercover agents bought cocaine from Calaguiro several times. Prosecutors have filed forfeiture claims against various properties, including the business, Stoddard's and Calaguiro's homes, and assorted vehicles and financial assets. However, Sharpshooter Billiards remains open for business while the case is pending. Another forfeiture case was unsealed this month, but the complaint remains sealed, so no information is available about the government's allegations. That case targeted Michael Gingras and Bruce Brouillard of Nashua; Greg and Rebecca Wheeler of Litchfield, Douglas Cox of Hampton; and Samuel Bellavance, address unknown. Weld declined to comment whether prosecutors expect to file criminal charges against any of them. However, she noted prosecutors rarely pursue forfeitures without bringing criminal charges, though federal law allows them to do so. Forfeiture, she said, "basically allows us to tie the property up. Otherwise, there wouldn't be anything left" by the time charges were filed. Federal law allows the government to seize any property used in drug dealing, or property or assets bought with drug dealing proceeds. The government can seize property without criminal charges and needs to show only by a "preponderance of the evidence," a much lower legal standard of proof than in criminal cases, that the property was involved in drug dealing. In Bishop's case, the government has filed claims against his home in Windham, and what appear to be rental properties in Windham, and Lowell and Chelmsford, Mass. 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