Federal Appeals Court: Driving With Money is a Crime

[strmrdr]

http://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/news.asp?ID=1296&m=print

 

[wifey2b]

giggle I won''t have to worry about this...don''t have enough $$ to worry about - giggle

Wifey2b :}

 

[AGBF]

Date: 8/22/2006 7:37:33 PM
Author: wifey2b
giggle I won't have to worry about this...don't have enough $$ to worry about - giggle

Wifey2b :}

OK...now I know that the "wifey2b" who showed up in other threads is the wifey2b!!! I have been out of the Pricescope loop of late and haven't asked Storm about his summer. Hint! Hint!

I have a lot of catching up to do! Welcome, Wifey2b or, as you have the right to be known here (according to longtime Pricescope protocol regardless of whether or not you are yet married in real life), "Mrs. Stormrider" or "Mrs. Storm".

Welcome hugs!

Deb

 

[CaptAubrey]

Date: 8/22/2006 2:44:27 AM
Author:strmrdr
http://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/news.asp?ID=1296&m=print

The result is pretty typical for asset forfeiture cases, and frankly, having done some time in the criminal justice system, everything about this case screams "drug courier" to me.

The court''s reasoning strikes me as pretty sound:

Trooper Bigsby went directly to the rear
passenger side of the vehicle and opened a cooler that was in the back seat, where he
found a large plastic bag that contained seven bundles wrapped in rubber bands inside
aluminum foil packaging.

...

The route and circumstances of Gonzolez’s travel were highly suspicious.
Gonzolez had flown on a one-way ticket, which we have previously acknowledged
is evidence in favor of forfeiture, see United States v. U.S. Currency in the Amount
of $150,660.00, 980 F.2d 1200, 1206 (8th Cir. 1992), and he gave a vague
explanation, attributed to advice from an unidentified third person, about why he
elected to return by car. Gonzolez purportedly carried $125,000 in cash with him on
his flight, for the purpose of buying a truck that he had never seen, from a third party
whom he had never met, with the help of a friend whose name he could not recall at
trial. This testimony does not inspire confidence in the innocence of the conduct.
When he was stopped by the Nebraska State Patrol, Gonzolez was driving a rental car
that was leased in the name of another person who was not present, another
circumstance that gives rise to suspicion. Then, when Gonzolez was questioned by
officers, he lied about having money in the car and about the names of his friends,
thus giving further reason to question the legitimacy of the currency’s presence. See
$117,920.00 in U.S. Currency, 413 F.3d at 829. The totality of these circumstances
– the large amount of concealed currency, the strange travel pattern, the inability to
identify a key party in the purported innocent transaction, the unusual rental car
papers, the canine alert, and the false statements to law enforcement officers – leads
most naturally to the inference that Gonzolez was involved in illegal drug activity,
and that the currency was substantially connected to it.

If you have a problem with this, blame the people who enacted the law, and the Justice Department for pursuing these kinds of cases. The court was just following the law as it''s written.

 

[perry]

Reminds me of a story from earlier this year.

A semi tractor trailer is delivering a cargo to a nuclear power plant. The security forces search the truck (including the cab) and find a locked duffle bag...., the guards cut the lock because the truck driver and his assistant did not have a key - and claimed that it was the "bosses" bag. Something like 1/4 Million dollars in cash was found in the bag (it took the state police 2 days just to count it).

The truck driver and his assistant claimed that they had no idea; and thought the owner of the company was planning on buying some new trucks...

No charges were filed against the driver and assistant. A month after the incident no one had yet shown up to claim the money from the police either; dispite the fact that the police made it abundently clear that there was nothing illegal about driving arround with a bag of money... All the boss had to do was just come and claim it (providing evidence that it is yours).

I suspect that the trucking company turn down loads going to nuclear plants from now on.

Perry

 

[wifey2b]

Date: 8/23/2006 1:09:24 PM
Author: AGBF

Date: 8/22/2006 7:37:33 PM
Author: wifey2b
giggle I won''t have to worry about this...don''t have enough $$ to worry about - giggle

Wifey2b :}

OK...now I know that the ''wifey2b'' who showed up in other threads is the wifey2b!!! I have been out of the Pricescope loop of late and haven''t asked Storm about his summer. Hint! Hint!

I have a lot of catching up to do! Welcome, Wifey2b or, as you have the right to be known here (according to longtime Pricescope protocol regardless of whether or not you are yet married in real life), ''Mrs. Stormrider'' or ''Mrs. Storm''.

Welcome hugs!

Deb

giggle...well AGBF, I can''t wait to be Mrs. Strmrdr or Mrs. Storm giggle :}:}

Thank you very much for the welcome..I have been wondering where you have been - welcome back :

Hope you have had a good summer...mine was too short with Strm of course.. check out the posting on Show Me The Ring...entitled..She Said Yes Again ;} My romantic honey reproposed

giggle
Nice to meet you and hugs back to you

Wifey2b :}