"Going 62 in a 50-mph zone, a Jeep barreled west on a slippery, snow-
covered Airport Expressway on Valentine's Day and blew past an Allen
County sheriff's squad car. One traffic stop later, two men inside the
Jeep were outside being patted down by officers. They acted nervous,
according to a police report. At one point they looked as if they
wanted to fight; at another they looked as if they wanted to flee. In
the Jeep's back seat, police found more than $26,000 in cash wrapped
in a stocking cap. Though officers held the two men for a short time
in squad cars, they were eventually released without charges, save for
the driver receiving a citation for driving with a suspended license.
And the money? The police kept it. ... In the situation with the
$26,000, police seized the money because the driver could not give an
adequate reason for having that much money. First, the driver said it
was to buy a car, according to the police report. Then, he said it
came from working at various jobs. The passenger said he had no clue
about the money. Those factors allowed police to take the
money."
full story Jeff Wiehe: No charges, but police can keep the cash
[Hattip Rational Review News Daily. --MJ]
