[SEL] Spam/Phish> Info / Watch your $$

[Curt]

Tommy,
In the event that something like this was to happen to one of us, what 
is the proper procedure to assure that your money does not get stolen 
from you by ruthless cops. Is there a form one asks for? Seems like 
there needs to be some legal document (receipt) in place proving that 
you indeed handed over X dollars in cash to a cop. I can see the very 
real possibility that some or all the cash could be pocketed by an 
individual or group of cops and the story would be "no judge, there was 
no cash being carried by the individual" ! You could easily be out of 
thousands of dollars.
Curt

Judge Tommy Turner wrote:

> I know that some of this old iron is getting high to buy and sometimes 
> we carry a bit of cash on us (especially if you are buying 2 or 3 
> engines, heading to a swap meet, etc).  Be aware that if you are 
> stopped and its discovered that you have a significant amount of cash 
> on you, it can be held until you prove where it came from.  Also you 
> need to know that I have seen recent figures that 1 in 4 paper bills 
> now have some trace of drugs on them due to the increasing drug 
> traffic.  As a result, if you are lucky enough to get stopped by a 
> patrolman with a dog and by chance happened to have several thousand 
> in cash in your truck, the dog could possibly sniff drugs in your 
> vehicle.  Next would come the search, then seizing of the cash, etc.  
> I don't know the circumstances behind the situation in this article, 
> but perhaps the young lad was heading to purchase one of the expensive 
> large gas tractors (perhaps not too but he'll have to prove where it 
> came from in order to get it back):
>
> http://press.ky.gov/PressClipDetail.asp?REC=189012
>
> Just a note to everyone to be aware of what could happen.  BTW, if 
> you're traveling through central KY and happen to get stopped, feel 
> free to have the officer call me (just tell him to call the LaRue 
> County Courthouse and they can find me).  I'll verify that you are 
> buying an old engine from me and are carrying a great deal of cash on 
> you to pay for it.  Then, you can come to my place, we'll load up a 
> Maytag, you can give me the cash and everyone's happy....
>
> Tommy Turner
> Magnolia, KY
>
>
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