Wine Spectator: FBI And New York Police Raid Sherry-Lehmann

Shortly after dawn on July 18, members of a New York-based joint FBI-NYPD major theft task force descended on Sherry-Lehmann, once the most renowned of Manhattan wine shops. The agents spent the day toting out materials from the shop and loading them into unmarked white vans parked along the shop’s Park Avenue curb.

Asked to comment on the activity, the task force’s team leader referred Wine Spectator to the FBI press office. No response had been received at press time. What is certain, however, is that the team carried out its tasks with a search warrant.

In keeping with the Fourth Amendment, no judge or magistrate will issue a search warrant unless evidence is presented that there is “probable cause” that a crime has been committed or is about to be committed. There must also be probable cause that evidence of the crime will be found at the place to be searched. Wine Spectator has the full story.

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