Wednesday, March 25, 2015 | 2:39 p.m.
RENO — State law agents are investigating possible criminal wrongdoing by a rural Nevada sheriff's deputy who seized more than $60,000 from drivers during purported drug stops on U.S. Interstate 80.
Reno lawyer John Ohlson tells The Associated Press the Nevada Attorney General's office began investigating Humboldt County's highway interdiction program last summer when the latest of three federal civil lawsuits were filed against the county.
Ohlson represented the plaintiffs in two of those cases. The most recent was settled out of court in February.
In each case, the county returned the money with interest to the three men who were stopped for speeding near Winnemucca. Their cars were searched but no drugs were found or charges filed against them.
Attorney General spokeswoman Patty Cafferata says she can "neither confirm nor deny" the investigation.
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