Pubdate: Mon, 03 Apr 2006
Source: Des Moines Register (IA)
Copyright: 2006 The Des Moines Register.
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DALLAS CO. INVESTIGATION TO INCLUDE AUDIT

An investigation into money missing from the Dallas County Sheriff's 
Office will include an audit of about $2 million seized in drug cases 
and traffic stops over the past five years, a state agent in charge 
of the investigation said today.

John Quinn of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation said state 
auditors will look at so-called "disclaimer" money taken from people 
who give up their right to it, as well as cash from criminals that 
has been awarded by a judge.

An undetermined amount of money is missing from more than $780,000 
that sheriff's officials found hidden in a car during a March 15 
traffic stop on Interstate Highway 80 near the DeSoto.
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