BLOUNT PROTESTS.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Lakers reserve forward Corie Blount Corie Kasoun Blount (born January 4, 1969 in Monrovia, California) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'9" power forward/center, Blount starred at the University of Cincinnati during the early 1990s, where he helped his team reach the Final Four in 1992 is fighting to reclaim $19,000 that the State Highway Patrol seized during a traffic stop. Blount, 30, was pulled over near Wilmington, Ohio, on Dec. 24 for a minor traffic violation and cited for not having a license plate, said Lt. John Born, a patrol spokesman. Troopers also seized about $19,000 from his vehicle and turned it over to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was established in 1973 by President richard m. nixon as part of the Justice Department, thus uniting a number of federal drug agencies that had often worked at cross-purposes. . No drugs were found during the search and no charges were filed, DEA DEA - Data Encryption Algorithm spokesman Frank Magoch said. Mark Bartelstein, Blount's agent, said Tuesday he did not know why his client had such a large amount of cash. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO BLOUNT |
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