Posted on 01/27/2023 8:27:50 PM PST by lowbridge
Shannon Carpenter and her boyfriend John Grandberry were getting ready for the day on Nov. 16 when there was a knock on the door of their Greece home shortly after 8 a.m.
Outside were six officers from the state Division of Parole who announced they were there to search the house. Grandberry was on parole after serving prison time for a criminal possession of a weapon conviction. Officers from the Greece Police Department would arrive later to assist.
Four officers entered, and when they made their way to the bedroom, Carpenter switched on a phone-activated web camera, aimed at the bed and closet.
The video captured officers scouring the room, combing the closet, drawers, and under the bed. They found a handful of items they questioned and, Carpenter said, eventually confiscated — a large kitchen knife, a bag of cannabis and a scale, a gun, and $6,000 in cash that was kept in a pair of pink Timberland boots.
Following the discovery of the items, around 9:30 a.m., one of the parole officers, identified by Carpenter as Doris Hernandez, appears to type a message on her phone and hand the phone to her colleague, an unidentified male officer. He glances at it, hands it back to her, and they whisper inaudibly.
The male officer then peeps out the door before turning back to Hernandez.
“We can share the money…,” he said.
“You’re right,” Hernandez replied, pointing a finger gun at the other officer.
“As long as there’s enough money to go around,” he said.
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Well, at least she didn’t get a whip baton to the head...
Anyone care to speculate on the good cop/bad cop ratio. I’m going to say that its 3:1 in favor of bad cop. Any LEO’s here care to participate in the poll? Flame suit /on
(Video-likely) fornicators and LEO theft. Immorality and illegality. Both are wrong.
I think you’re probably close to the mark, based on my experiences after retiring from active duty.
I know that "possession of money" is not a crime, but the real truth is that money in a bank is seldom stolen.
When there is a good reason to believe that your residence may be searched at any time, it is doubly important to keep money in a bank.
“Greece woman”
Grecian woman?
Either it was drug money, or maybe she really did earn it working for a food truck "under the table." Either way, she might have wanted to hide the cash.
We keep cash at home. Preparedness for when the lights go out.
That $6,000.00 dollars better show up in the evidence vault or those cops will find it’s the most expensive $6,000.00 they ever made.
“ That $6,000.00 dollars better show up in the evidence vault or those cops will find it’s the most expensive $6,000.00 they ever made.”
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AND on the written inventory documenting items seized per the search warrant.
Greece is a town in Monroe County, New York.
I believe that is a function of geography/demographics; the worst cops are in the worst areas, and cops in wealthier areas understand their relationship with their employers (the taxpayers) better.
You are a very trusting person.
I remember Argentina closed its banks to devalue its currency, and people couldn’t access their money - when they could a few days later, it was worth a lot less. A few smart ones figured out ATMs in casinos in neighboring Uruguay would spit out their cash, and they promptly withdrew everything and bought up necessities with it (since they would cost so much more when the banks re-opened).
Our own government has been devaluing the US dollars for years, and also has a lor of controls over cash (with reporting requirements that presume you are guilty until proven innocent); I don’t blame anyone for keeping cash out of the banks. When our 1%ers do it, it is just hidden as other assets (metals/coins, “art”, etc.).
That’s smart. I wasn’t suggesting that everyone who keeps cash at home is a drug dealer. But, in this case, the woman had cannabis, a knife, and a scale. Either she’s dealing, or she’s only a user, and the knife and the scale were for cooking food. Whatever the case, the cops are dirty.
Damn Peronistas never learn their lesson.
Uruguay isn’t much better.
We should have never abandoned the “Southern Cone” when the Cold War ended; the “Cold War Orphans” (anti-communist administrations around the world abandoned by the US after the wall came down) ended up a real mess without our support.
Regardless of the how the money was obtained, or where it was kept, parole officers and police have absolutely no right to confiscate it for themselves. This is unacceptable criminal behavior, and likely not the first time they’ve done it. My surmise is that they knew she or her boyfriend, or both, were dealing dope and keeping cash. There may be no good guys here, but the parole officers, at least, are criminals, and make a mockery of justice.
Grecian Formula?
Any evidence would also include "Chain of custody" documentation showing who and when the cash would be found in the police evidence locker.
In New York State, anyone on Parole supervision is considered as an active felon who is currently continuing to serve their prison sentence, and a search warrant is not needed.
I find it hard to believe that someone would jeopardize their government salary for such "chump change", but it happens.
Play stupid games,.. and win stupid prizes.
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