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Petitioner entered the safe deposit box once in 1998, on
March 18. He removed all of the money from the box at that time.
His last entry before that date was on December 10, 1997.
E. Execution of the BATF Search Warrant and the Money Seizure
On March 19, 1998, agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
& Firearms (BATF) executed a Federal search warrant at
petitioners’ residence. About 17 law enforcement officials
participated in the search, including representatives of the
BATF, the IRS Criminal Investigation Division, the Ozark County
and Christian County, Missouri, Sheriff’s Offices, the Missouri
State Highway Patrol, and the Missouri Conservation Commission.
The agents were looking for stolen weapons they believed
petitioner had received from Collom, Wilson, and Shives and that
he intended to sell.
Agents took 11 guns during this raid, 8 of which petitioner
had bought from Collom and had been stolen.
During the search, agents found a brown paper bag containing
$149,200 in U.S. currency. Petitioner told BATF Special Agent
Dan Fridley (Fridley) that he had borrowed about $130,000 of the
$149,200, and that $20,000 came from the estate of a deceased
relative.
After the agents found the money, they asked IRS Special
Agents J. Gregory Pierce (Pierce) and Charles Pearre (Pearre) to
interview petitioners. Petitioner told Pierce and Pearre on
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