Massachusetts law enforcement agencies prefer to work in darkness when using civil forfeiture. The more people know about the process, the less they like it. Yet a reform bill working its way through the state Legislature has forced.
HOLYOKE In the past four years, the Holyoke Police Department has seized nearly $1 million in cash from people, according to records obtained by the Gazette.From the beginning of 2018 through the end of 2021, Holyoke police seized $982,227 that went.
HOLYOKE The city of Holyoke has returned nearly $25,000 to a woman who alleged several city police officers had taken it from her in 2019.In a lawsuit filed Oct. 8, city resident Natasha Custodio alleged that in 2019, three Holyoke police officers .