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Denver man found innocent; still required to pay thousands in impound fees
KDVR (Denver) ^ | 12/9/10 | Julie Hayden
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DENVER -- Robin McAnally was arrested in a reverse "john" sting and accused of soliciting for prostitution. From the beginning, he insisted it wasn’t true.
A Denver jury believed him and took just ten minutes to find him not guilty.
McAnally says that was bad enough, but the City of Denver seized his work truck and impounded it, under the city’s nuisance abatement ordinance.
The City of Denver will not release it unless he pays more than $5,000 in impound and other fees.
“I’m not understanding any of this,” he said. “I go all the way and spend money for a lawyer and then I get found not guilty by a jury and they’re still telling me you’re going to have to come up with more money because we’re not going to give your truck back to you.”
He says his 1991 GMC truck isn’t worth $5,000, and he doesn’t have that kind of cash. He says fairness would be for the city to acknowledge he didn’t do anything wrong, he should be able to get his truck out of impound without having to pay any charges.
McAnally was told it doesn’t matter that he was cleared in the criminal case, the truck impound is a civil matter. And unless he comes up with the money, the city will sell his truck at auction and keep the money for itself.
And in the meantime, he would still face a financial judgment filed by the city against him. “I’m not even asking for an ‘I’m sorry that we messed with your life.’ Just give me my truck back. I’m not rich, I can’t go buy another truck,” said McAnally.“I’m just a little guy out there working hard every day of my life.”
FOX31 News was not able to get hold of the City Attorney handling the case, but McAnally’s lawyer says he sees this happen all the time. He says the city is unfairly seizing vehicles, even though a person is cleared of a crime, and making them pay thousands of dollars to get their vehicles back.
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"Life on the line" my freaking ass. ::)
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Does the ACLU take cases like this?
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LOL man I bet that guy got made fun of alot..."McAnally" hahahah
seems pretty crappy though, if he was found not guilty he should not have to pay the fees
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LOL man I bet that guy got made fun of alot..."McAnally" hahahah
seems pretty crappy though, if he was found not guilty he should not have to pay the fees
You say that as if you're under the mistaken impression that this is all about justice,
...rather than the naked cash grab and financial rape of it's residents indulged in by most cities. :-\
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You say that as if you're under the mistaken impression that this is all about justice,
...rather than the naked cash grab and financial rape of it's residents indulged in by most cities. :-\
I think this will eventually get resolved, its more about beauracratic ineptitude than a cash grab if you ask me.
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I think this will eventually get resolved, its more about beauracratic ineptitude than a cash grab if you ask me.
{giggle} You are so naive. We'll see if you feel the same way in a few years as more & more cities face insolvency.
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{giggle} You are so naive. We'll see if you feel the same way in a few years as more & more cities face insolvency.
LOL says the woman warning of hyperinflation and pushing gold ::)
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LOL man I bet that guy got made fun of alot..."McAnally" hahahah
yeah, no shit. his biggest mistake wasn't parking in the wrong spot... it was not changing his name when he turned 18.
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What the heck?? Some of the things these government officials do are just nuts. Give the guy his car. Take care of the fees. Stay off the front page of the paper.
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LOL says the woman warning of hyperinflation and pushing gold ::)
Yes!