Posted on 11/25/2013 5:08:12 AM PST by Orangedog
Norman Gurley, 30, is facing drug-related charges in Lorain County, Ohio, despite the fact that state troopers did not actually find any drugs in his possession.
Ohio passed a law in 2012 making it a felony to alter a vehicle to add a secret compartment with the “intent” of using it to conceal drugs for trafficking.
Gurley is the first actual person arrested under the law. WKYC in Northeast Ohio covered the arrest, with no notable journalistic skepticism whatsoever:
They pulled over the driver for speeding, but then troopers noticed several wires running to the back of the car.
Those wires then led them directly to a hidden compartment.
Around 5 p.m. on Tuesday state troopers made the arrest under the law, which is meant to combat criminals who modify the inside of their car, allowing them to store drugs or weapons inside secret compartments, which can often only be accessed electronically.
They just noticed some wires, did they? Just while in the process of handing Gurley a speeding ticket, they noticed the wires?
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I used to have a 1973 Jeep Renegade with a hidden compartment under the driver’s seat. The only Jeep I have ever seen one on.
That is nation wide. Under Rico laws all the cops have to have is a suspicion that the money MIGHT me related to drugs and they can and will take it.
> Wasn’t it Louissianna where if you got stopped with a couple of thousand dollars in your pocket they took the money and said it was drug money?
Not just Louisiana but just about any department where corruption abounds. Funny how the “evidence” disappears on these cases.
Don't know for sure but Florida does it all the time, they seem to favor highways that cross the peninsula east to west or vice versa.
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GtG
No. A spare tire is considered prepping (hoarding). You're good.
I knew a twenty-something who drove a near comical wreck of an old Mazda. To add to the comedic value of his ride he affixed a Mercedes three-point star emblem to it. He got a ticket for altering the marque of the vehical. Apparently there is a law on the books in some states that makes it a crime to obscure the make of your car.
This is a police state, they just let you live here. Maybe.
This was a law signed by a Republican governor.
But hey......its all Obama's fault and if you don't vote for Jeb in 2016 you are a traitor. Right?
Ohio Ping
Norman Gurley, 30, is facing drug-related charges in Lorain County, Ohio, despite the fact that state troopers did not actually find any drugs in his possession.
Ohio passed a law in 2012 making it a felony to alter a vehicle to add a secret compartment with the “intent” of using it to conceal drugs for trafficking.
Gurley is the first actual person arrested under the law. WKYC in Northeast Ohio covered the arrest,
There is a Parish (County) where they were using this technique to fund the annual budget. They would randomly stop (mostly out ot state vehicles) and confiscate money and bling...rarely finding any real contraband.
Who thought the War on Drugs was a good idea?
Who thought the War on Drugs was winnable?
What about the concealed gun safe I keep in my truck? Would that be considered illegal under this “law”?
I would say understand this if a drug dog hit on the compartment...but other than that...ridiculous
The cops need to get the arrest numbers up, so they arrest people who haven’t commited a crime. They’re usually normal people without a lot of money, and they can’t fight the charges, and there are no ‘civil rights’ lawyers waiting to help them out.
Well in my state the cops would do about 5 illegal anal probes and a surgery to discover no drugs.
I don't normally carry more than about $20 at a time for a host of reasons. In any robbery or such, my wallet would be a diversion.
Most relevant post of the thread.
However, you will anger the potheads if you do not agree that every government excess means drugs should be legalised.
Cops can make a drug dog hit on anything they want.
About as reliable as a divining rod.
They don't. And we're getting to the point where we can no longer assume contraband means drugs. It could be cigarettes, light bulbs, ammunition, or laundry detergent.
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