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The mysterious black Mercedes

The mysterious black Mercedes

Gus Philpott
Woodstock Advocate
September 7, 2012

Rumors have been circulating that McHenry County Sheriff's Department EEO officer Donald Leist has been driving a black Mercedes-Benz sedan that was confiscated in a drug arrest. True? False?

I don't know how this black Mercedes (click on the image for a larger view) came to be parked today in the Sheriff's own reserved parking spot. (Well, actually, I do.) Either Keith is driving it or he is out-of-town and someone else parked this Mercedes in the Sheriff's parking spot reserved for Unit 501. I have seen the sheriff's white Tahoe with its notable license plate (in my files and on file at the Woodstock Police Department)in the same Unit 501 parking spot.

Isn't this a rather fancy and expensive car for a salaried, non-law enforcement employee of the Sheriff's Department to be driving for commuting to and from work? What do you suppose is the price tag on the "company" car? $100,000? More? In fact, why should he get a take-home car at all?

Aren't confiscated cars supposed to be used in the activity for which they were seized? If this vehicle was seized in a drug bust, then isn't it supposed to be used in drug-busting enforcement?