Pig thieves.

There are too many police in many places.

Recently a county sales tax levy was defeated here.

A friend of mine was the leader, and the county auditor called up (mentioning that he didn't pay a lot of taxes) to complain to him that they had to lay off a few cops.  

This was after building a huge new courthouse and a new prison that they filled up within the past decade.  So they decided to raise sales taxes.  But it was defeated.

So the county authorities are upset.

This is part of the control matrix. The elite hates cash. They debase it every chance they get and are tracking it as much as they can.

There is an inherent suspicion of cash that apparently constitutes probable cause in and of itself. Example, and cash deposit into my bank account came under scrutiny when I was trying to refinance our house and had to submit bank statements for the refinance. I had to write a letter explaining the source of the money and *prove* it wasn't illicit (instead of the inverse).

This would have happened to them somehow, some way, anyway. There's no way they could have depositied that in a bank if they wanted to because it's obviously 'drug money', so they'd have been stuck keeping it in a safe. But keeping it in a safe and not using a bank means it's drug money.

They get you comin' or they get you goin'

Use bank cards and let them track every penny.

Oh, and they can forget about getting their money back.

The first question that needs to be answered is how did the local police department gain access into the safe in the first place.  

He shot a home invader and the police came in and were investigating the shooting (pictures, determining bullet trajectory, etc) and somehow cam upon marijuana, possibly out in the open.

Then they could search the place, and did.

Quote from: Caminus

The first question that needs to be answered is how did the local police department gain access into the safe in the first place.  

He shot a home invader and the police came in and were investigating the shooting (pictures, determining bullet trajectory, etc) and somehow cam upon marijuana, possibly out in the open.

Then they could search the place, and did.

No they couldn't just "search" the place because of the other investigation regarding the shooting and robbery, much less gain access to a safe in the home.  The sought a search warrant based on probable cause which included the presence of narcotics, paraphernalia, scales, etc.  Two anamolies appear in the link above, first he claims that since the money was taken, he can barely survive, but his attorney claims that the new bills found in the safe were the result of bank withdraws taken from a direct deposit account.  Secondly, note that the bills were "bundled."  Drug dealers ordinarily "bundle" their money.  I know this from training and experience.  I wouldn't doubt if a K9 unit arrived and hit on the safe as well, but that's just a guess.

Or rather to get at the money that was in this safe.  The FBI should pound sand.  Local law enforcement should get that money.  

I based it on $15 per gram, you can sell it as 'dime-bags' aswell and make a bit more, but I didn't feel like calculating it on .7 or .8 of a gram for $10. You can also make less by selling it in bulk, either way, he probably bought a pound for a couple grand. Only a drug dealer does that.

The only thing that puzzles me, is how he isn't charged?

The reason why there might be hesitation in filing charges is because narcotics found in a multi-use, shared room makes it difficult to charge a particular individual.

As for the above comment, though the seizure laws are indeed liberal, they hardly constitute a threat to your belongings or anyone else's who doesn't find themselves in a similar predicament.  As for judicial process, that IS part of the process.  For one who actually earned the money, it should not be difficult to prove.  In fact, there is a bit of irony here in that showing some kind of pay stub or bank statement doesn't actually "prove" it's your money, but that is sufficient to force them to give it back.  So it is taken through a judicial process, but given back rather easily (at least for those who can show "proof").