Article: Reading Eagle, Pa., Dan Kelly column: DA's move disappoints city police.

Byline: Dan Kelly

Jul. 5--AFAX HAD JUST arrived in the Reading Eagle newsroom advising that District Attorney Mark C. Baldwin was giving $1 million that Reading Police seized from a drug dealer in 2004 to the Berks County Community Foundation.

It was the afternoon of Thursday, June 7.

Only a day earlier, Baldwin had assured me he would split the money between his office and four other law enforcement agencies present when the money was seized.

The $1 million had been a bone of contention between the police and Baldwin's office for the three years since it was seized.

"Why is Baldwin sitting on our million bucks?" cops would ...

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