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This has been going on for a long time. Any time they can grab a chunk of money they declare it “drug money” and you have a helluva time getting it back.
The burden of proof reverses and you have to prove yourself innocent. Even when you do prove the provenance of your own money it can take years to get your money or property back.
If you actually do get busted for drugs they will take all the property that they can sieze and claim it’s the proceeds of drug dealing. I once saw this happen to a neighbor, he said he was busted for steroids or some other “respectable” body building type of illegal substance, but I suspect that it was cocaine he was dealing. They hauled off everything that wasn’t nailed down.
If she had $50,000 in her bra ...
... she REALLY needed augmentation.
Posted by Steel Turman
06/24/2005 at 06:19 AM
Damn! Give a girl a compliment..........
Posted by MAJ Mike
06/24/2005 at 06:29 AM
It isn’t Michael Jackson this story needs, it’s the other Jackson, the one who knows all too well how to relieve someone of fifty grand with no repercussions.
Well shoot folks! I thought a good nights sleep would calm me down over yesterdays “ ITS OK FOR THE GUBBMIT TO STEAL YOUR PROPERTY” ruling. But alas, here the anger comes again!
(Deep breaths.......)
Now DEA can just say it was confiscated for the “common good” when they have no probable cause to believe the money is drug related!
(wonders how I’m going to look bald)
Posted by imp
06/24/2005 at 08:03 AM
The great freedom fighter Jimmy Buffett said:
Spend it while you can
Money’s contraband
You can’t take it with you when you go
Spend it while you can
‘Fore it’s taken from your hand
There’s no free ride in this carnival world
There’s no free ride in this carnival worldWhat’s mine is mine
If it’s only one thin dime
My cash was always meant to flowChorus:
Spend it while you can
Money’s contraband
You can’t take it with you when you go
Spend it while you can
Before it’s taken from your hand
There’s no free ride in this carnival worldNow this sounds like Jack Booted Nazi Storm Troopers.
Posted by Z Woof
06/24/2005 at 09:39 AM
Cat,
Was that a pun? BUSTED ? With 50K stuffed in her bust....
What size bra would it take to hold 50K ?
Why am I asking a bunch of men this dumb question?
Posted by Phoenix
06/24/2005 at 12:32 PM
Is this a modification on the old question....
“Is the bra half empty or half full?”I think it would depend on the denomination, Phoenix. If it was all in quarters we’d probably know a lot more about Ms. Valdez than we really need or want to know.
I wonder if anyone has thought to patent the “money bra”. Hmmmmmm.
We should keep abreast of this situation. [sorry, I couldn’t resist joining the merry punsters] Yeah, I’m a boob.
500 $100 bills. She must have lookedc pretty lumpy.
Sheesh.......why was this dame carrying it in her bra? And why cash? Shoulda had it in her checking account & written a check for the surgery - Plastic surgery is not covered by insurance & payment is usually required up front at the time of surgery (at least in my hospital it is).........all the surgical facility had to do was to check the validity of her check before rendering services......
Frank - there are numerous stops of vehicles on Highways 44 & 55 here in the southern area of St. Louis where the troopers stop suspicious vehicles & find tons of drugs headed to the St. Louis area - there have been many big caches of drugs & monies over the past several years.........Hooray for the state troopers!!!!!!!!Posted by Dottie
06/24/2005 at 07:41 PM
Am I flat-busted or busted flat ? Busted flat in Baton Rouge..... I never thought about bras being half full or half empty. Is that a guy thing that’s really a play on words to describe whether or not some babe is a ditz or really has a brain ?
Oh, wait. I know. When my best friend and I started getting boobs we felt all big and bad. We went to a Woolworth’s or a Newberry’s and bought these bras that sort of stood on their own. We bought them much too big for our sprouts, but we flaunted them proudly. We went to the movies one night where the gang all hung out and someone hugged my friend. I looked at her after the embrace and noticed that her ‘boobs’ were inverted. I signaled her to look down and when she saw her concave breastesses, she let out a howl of laughter that caught everyone’s attention and then she made quite a drama out of reaching to each boob and popping it out. You could almost hear it. Pop. Pop. That might have been the first time I peed my pants in public.
Stin, if only we’d thought about filling the half empty part with quarters… hahaha..
Posted by Phoenix
06/24/2005 at 08:07 PM
Funny thing, Phoenix, I’ve dated ...er… underendowed (breastically challenged?) women. When you slip your hand under the bra and she says “you missed it” you know you’re not going to be dealing with even a breast patty.
I have no problem with police or any other law enforcement agent busting drug traffickers. It’s their job, I expect them to do it, it’s what we pay them for and I applaud their efforts. Especially the “hard” drugs. We can leave the
for another time. The problem here is that carrying a large amount of money is not yet a crime.
I can understand that it’s suspicious, I have my own suspicions, but it’s still not a crime. Nobody really knows why she was carrying that amount of cash so where’s the crime? How about the guy who turned in 1.4 million pennies the other day? Would the DEA have taken the $140,000 from him when he was hauling it to the bank? What’s the charge? Criminal possession of copper?
The next question is how much cash is sufficient reason to cause suspicion? I have carried large (for me) sums of cash on occasion, not this much, but enough to buy a car, computer or to hire a lawyer. Perfectly legitimate activities. It worries me that some law enforcement agency can take it away from me on suspicion that I might be going to do something bad with my own damn money. Where is the line?
If they were suspicious they should have observed her when she got to her destination to see where the money was going. They might have uncovered an illegal activity or they might have found a doctor that gives cash discounts. Or is that illegal now too?
mmmmmhhhhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ... quarters ........................
i like quarters ......................
All joking aside, we all know that nobody carries that kind of pocket money around unless they are trying to duck something.
Breastically challenged??? hahahaha… oh, god, Stin… you made me laugh out loud. And ‘breast patties’? oh.. I’m dying here..... funny funny…
Captain,
You like quarters? Is that because you like slipping them into slots? Speaking of slots.... that song wouldn’t stay on my computer. I am very sad. My computer doesn’t have a jukebox schlot. How can I make it stay? This loneliness won’t leave me alone....
I’ll go download it again. It only takes four days with my modem. :{
Posted by Phoenix
06/24/2005 at 10:31 PM
Right click and select “save as” to keep it, Phoenix. I’m sure you have something that will play it. If not, try WinAmp. It’ll play damn near anything from music to movies.
Glad you enjoy the humor, it’s all part of my insidious plan to lure some of our ladies up to the fo’csle.
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