If an employee stole valuable property from your company, HR might be involved in getting the items returned. But do Houston police really want this evidence stolen from their property room returned — especially if it was used?
Three years ago, Houston police seized hundreds of sex toys worth $50,000 from the Adult Video Megaplexxx. Now the devices might be missing from the police property room, according to the Houston Chronicle.
After the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the 564 items were legal to sell, the lawyer for the store asked for the items back.
At first the police said, “Sure. We’ll arrange for the property to be returned.”
Then they said, “Uh, we think we destroyed all of it.”
The store’s lawyer, Richard Kuriansky, says, “Yeah, sure, you destroyed it.”
Police need a court order to destroy evidence. No order to destroy the toys exists.
The Chronicle talked to Richard Segura, acting director of the Criminal Defense Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law, who said police shouldn’t have to safeguard the toys forever.
“What is the police department going to do with a bunch of (sex toys),” Segura said. “Keep them?”
Well …
Ray Hill, a consultant for adult businesses, states the obvious. “I think the cops stole them.”
