Pubdate: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 Source: Post-Crescent, The (Appleton, WI) Copyright: 2003 The Post-Crescent Contact: http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1443 Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/af.htm (Asset Forfeiture) HOME SEIZURE RAISES QUESTIONS Couple Charged In Pot-Growing Case Killed Themselves WAUKESHA -- When the United States government filed a forfeiture action against a Big Bend couple charged last year with growing marijuana in their home, it went too far, the couple's probate lawyer says. Ever since Dennis and Denise Schilling killed themselves rather than face prosecution, the debate over the scope of their marijuana-growing went unsettled in criminal court. That didn't stop a federal prosecutor from concluding that "substantial drug activity" justified the government's effort to seize the couple's house. But as the attorney for their estates is winding up his work in Waukesha County Probate Court, the final picture emerging of the pair depicts a middle-age couple who had little more than the roof over their heads. They borrowed money and raided a retirement account to hire their lawyers. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom