Okay, to answer your points. the money is considered “EVIDENCE.” Our proceedure called for 1 detective to count the money and complete a form breaking down the money by denomination: “100-$100’s 300-$50’s so on. The money and form were signed, placed in a plastic bag which was then heat-sealed; signed again with a property tag and case number and then placed in the property room safe. The money STAYED in the safe until the court case and/or final disposition. There had to be a witness at the initial counting And also when the money was removed. Any discrepancy in the count triggered an internal affairs investigation.
Your point about the date of printing would be one way the cops could corroborate the persons story. Also, any receipts that show the subject regularly paid in cash or converted cash to a money order would also be looked at.
While a lot of the story isn’t being released, think about this. Everyone is making the assumption the money could have been saved BASED on today’s dollars. Someone posted they could see how someone could save 10K a year for 40 years and put that much cash away. Let me ask you, when you first started working 40 years ago....what was your gross wages? could you afford to save 10K a year from that? I think somethings have been overlooked. The gentleman has a son who is in his early thirties. The subject admits to the use of an illegal drug. He has amassed a tremendous amount of cash which he keeps in his home. What is the nexus between the perps and the victim? Or the victim’s son? Has the victim’s son every been in trouble? These are the first questions I’d ask if it were my case.
Oh, and by the way, tax returns are NOT available to local law enforcement. It’s against Federal law.
OK, you made some good points.
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Maybe as wages increased, so did the percentage he put in his savings. Maybe he paid off his house and then kept putting that amount in savings each month...that is one reason we managed to save the $10,000 down payment to build our new house. Heck, maybe he simply follows a Dave Ramsey plan of living modestly. I know people that are over their heads in debt that think I'm wierd because I don't like credit cards and still use checks to pay my bills.
There are alot of ways you can amass that type of cash in 40 years without being a criminal. As I stated to another poster, being eccentric isn't a crime. And as for the pot, in most states, a small amount of pot is a misdemeanor. I don't see why the FBI would get involved with a small time drug bust unless it was the sheer value of the money that attracted their attention.
In June, the sloop Liberty, belonging to John Hancock, whom the crown officers cordially hated because of his opposition to them, was seized under peculiar circumstances. She had come into the harbor with a cargo of Madeira wine. Just at sunset, the "tide-waiter" in the employ of the commissioners went on board, and took his seat in the cabin, as usual, to drink punch with the master until the sailors should land the cargo of dutiable goods. Hancock had resolved to resist the obnoxious revenue laws; and at about nine o'clock in the evening, his captain and others in his employ entered the cabin, confined the tidewaiter, and proceeded to land the wine without entering it at the custom-house or observing any other formula. So great were the exertions of the master of the Liberty that night, that he died from their effects before morning.It was evidence. Officer, did you ever swear an oath to uphold the Constitution? Just wondering.The sloop was now seized by the officers of the customs for a violation of the revenue laws.
I mean, what country do we live in?