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Ok, curious, what circumstances led to that? The enforcement nowadays seems limited to civil forfeiture, where they would have seized ownership of the house wit

Ok, curious, what circumstances led to that? The enforcement nowadays seems limited to civil forfeiture, where they would have seized ownership of the house without ever charging the dad, also an egregious act but very different from what happened here? I read that Timothy was selling LSD to a DEA agent so this implies the entire case was federal? Do the feds still act this way in charging the homeowner instead of "merely" moving to seize the house?

jacalata 10y ago
I can't find much info on the father but the wikipedia cite for his father going to prison goes to this: > In May of 1992, Tyler sold pot and LSD to a longtime friend who was really a police informant. His father, who was also named Timothy and had a fireworks business in Florida, helped out with the deal and was charged along with his son. ... His father, who had a prior pot charge from 1969, got 10 years, Tyler-Stoafer told me. He had heart trouble and died in prison when he was 53, after serving 8 years in prison. http://www.businessinsider.com/timothy-tylers-mandatory-minimum-sentence--life-in-prison-2013-7 http://www.businessinsider.com/timothy-tylers-mandatory-mini... I also found this: >Some packages with LSD were mailed to Tim’s father’s address, implicating him in the case as well. https://www.headcount.org/this-peaceful-deadhead-will-die-in-prison-wout-clemency-from-obama/ https://www.headcount.org/this-peaceful-deadhead-will-die-in...
- cloudjacker 10y ago
  ah okay, according to that it wasn't completely passive involvement, got it
mgr86 10y ago
I'm sorry I don't have an answer for that at this moment. I read the comment on a different medium that had posted this story. I cannot verify it at this moment and don't have the available time to research it further. If this is the story I recall he was mailing it via USPS and they letters originated from the house the father owned. However, this is a fuzzy memory from some time back.

jacalata 10y ago

I can't find much info on the father but the wikipedia cite for his father going to prison goes to this: > In May of 1992, Tyler sold pot and LSD to a longtime friend who was really a police informant. His father, who was also named Timothy and had a fireworks business in Florida, helped out with the deal and was charged along with his son. ... His father, who had a prior pot charge from 1969, got 10 years, Tyler-Stoafer told me. He had heart trouble and died in prison when he was 53, after serving 8 years in prison. http://www.businessinsider.com/timothy-tylers-mandatory-minimum-sentence--life-in-prison-2013-7 http://www.businessinsider.com/timothy-tylers-mandatory-mini... I also found this: >Some packages with LSD were mailed to Tim’s father’s address, implicating him in the case as well. https://www.headcount.org/this-peaceful-deadhead-will-die-in-prison-wout-clemency-from-obama/ https://www.headcount.org/this-peaceful-deadhead-will-die-in...

cloudjacker 10y ago
ah okay, according to that it wasn't completely passive involvement, got it

mgr86 10y ago

I'm sorry I don't have an answer for that at this moment. I read the comment on a different medium that had posted this story. I cannot verify it at this moment and don't have the available time to research it further. If this is the story I recall he was mailing it via USPS and they letters originated from the house the father owned. However, this is a fuzzy memory from some time back.