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Former Sheriff Who Pushed For Civil Forfeiture Laws Is Fighting Those Laws Now That They Apply To Him
May 12, 2014




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SANTA FE (KRQE) – It was a little after 9 on a Monday night when Santa Fe Police got the call.
Sylvia Solano, 21, had just driven a white BMW convertible into a brick wall in a sleepy south side neighborhood.
Solano was taken to jail, arrested after blowing a .24 on a breathalyzer. The BMW was taken to the city impound lot.
Because it was Sylvia Solano’s second DWI, the city kept the wrecked car under the city’s DWI forfeiture law and moved to seize and sell it.
But the car isn’t Sylvia’s. It’s her dad Greg Solano’s car.
“On this night I hadn’t loaned it to her,” said Greg Solano. “I didn’t know she was taking it.”
Greg Solano was Santa Fe County sheriff for eight years, resigning in 2010 after he was caught stealing and selling department equipment on eBay.
It’s ironic he would have his car seized because as sheriff, Solano pushed for the county to get a DWI forfeiture ordinance of its own.
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