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Last week, a California judge ordered a district attorney to return over $100,000 seized from a medical marijuana entrepreneur and his family last year. In January of 2016, law enforcement raided Med-West Distribution, a San Diego company that supplied several dispensaries with cannabis oils, edibles, creams, and other products. Agents seized the company's inventory, business records, almost $325,000 in cash, and arrested two employees, who were not charged with any crime.
Shortly thereafter, the District Attorney's Office froze the bank accounts of the business owner, James Slatic, as well as those of his family. Authorities took $55,000 from Slatic's account, $34,000 from his wife's account, and $5,000 from each of his two daughters' accounts. However, neither the family nor the business were actually charged with criminal wrongdoing.
After an entire year passed with no charges filed, Slatic's attorneys argued that the money should be returned. The District Attorney's Office opposed the motion, arguing that “the investigation remains under review for potential criminal charges.” Last Friday, Superior Court Judge Tamila E. Ipema ruled that District Attorney Bonnie…
