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10/18/2002

Alonso's Furniture Confiscated
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WEST MIAMI -- Police raiding the home of former Miami-Dade Commissioner, Miriam Alonso -- for the second time.

But this time, officers walking away with furniture instead of documents.

Police accusing Alonso of mishandling 130-thousand dollars in political donations -- confiscating the furniture they say was received as a kick-back.

Detectives say Elba Morales, the aid and confidant of Alonso was forced to purchase 15 thousand dollars worth of furniture for the alonso's.

A claim the former commissioner vigorously refutes.

Miriam Alonso, the Former Miami-Dade County Commissioner says, "It is my property it is my dining set. It was purchased in 1997. Two sofas in the family room. Frankly, I have not taken anything from anyone and what I want is the same opputunity. To defend myself and to have the same rights that everyone American citizen has."

Lawyers for alonso say the act was a simple measure to embarrass and humiliate the former commissioner.

Police now planning to tack on three more charges for unlawful compensation, money laundering and grand theft to Alonso's already stacked legal problems.