ALL TEACHERS AND STAFF MEMBERS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY WE'LL BE
ABLE TO GET EXPEDITED TESTING.
A TAMPA WOMAN SAYS THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TOOK MORE
THAN $43,000 IN CASH FROM HER
WHEN SHE BOARDED A PLANE AND
NOW THE GOVERNMENT ISN'T
GIVING A BACK AND SHE WANTS TO
KNOW WHY 8 ON YOUR SIDE'S JEFF
PATTERSON JOINS US LIVE FROM
TAMPA INTERNATIONAL DELIGHT
BOY THAT'S A AN INTERESTING
STORY DON'T HEAR EVERY DAY
JEFF.
NOT EVERY DAY BUT WE'RE
TOLD IT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN
THAN YOU THINK STACY IN THE
UNITED STATES THERE IS NO LAW
THAT LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF
CASH. YOU CAN HAVE IN YOUR
PERSONAL POSSESSION WHEN YOU
FLY, BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP THE
D E A FROM TAKING STACEY JONES
CASH.
STACEY JONES AND HER
HUSBAND LIKED TO GAMBLE, SO
THEY RECENTLY TRAVELED TO
NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE
REOPENING OF A CASINO AND THE
NIGHT BEFORE GOING TO THE
CASINO, THEY WENT OUT WITH
FRIENDS. WE HAD DINNER WITH
FRIENDS THAT NIGHT AND THEY
DECIDED THEY WANT TO PURCHASE
A CAR THAT WE HAD.
AND THEY PAID US IN CASH
BUT AFTER DINNER. THEY LEARNED
A RELATIVE HAD PASSED AWAY SO
THEY MADE IMMEDIATE PLANS TO
FLY BACK TO TAMPA WITH CASH
FROM THE CASINO AND CASH FROM
THE SALE OF A CAR IN A CARRY
ON BAG.
BUT IT SOON GOT THE
ATTENTION OF THE TSA AGENT.
SO SHE OPENED THE BAG AND
SHE STARTS PULLING OUT THE
MONEY AND SHE SAID WHERE DID
THIS COME FROM JONES TELLS 8
ON YOUR SIDE SHE HAD $43,000
IN THE CARRY ON BAG.
SHE WAS THEN QUESTIONED BY
A DEA AGENT AND AT THAT TIME.
THEY SAID IT WAS JUST VERY
SUSPICIOUS AND THAT OUR STORY
WASN'T ADDING UP THE DIA SEES
THE CASH AND WALK GIVE IT
BACK. JONES ATTORNEY TELLS 8
ON YOUR SIDE. IT HAPPENS MORE
THAN PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS IS
BASED ON THE LAW KNOWN AS
CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE.
CIVIL FORFEITURE CHURCH
ALLOWS THE GOVERNMENT TO SEIZE
AND PERMANENTLY KEEP YOUR
PROPERTY. EVEN IF YOU'VE NEVER
BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIME.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT IN
THIS CASE BECAUSE STACEY JONES
AND HER HUSBAND HAVE NOT BEEN
CHARGED WITH THE CRIME. NO
EVIDENCE HAS BEEN PRESENTED
AGAINST THEM AND YET HER
ATTORNEY TELLS 8 ON YOUR SIDE.
THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING AFFORD
WITH THIS CIVIL FORFEITURE
CASE SO I REACHED OUT TO THE D
E A TO FIND OUT WHY THEY'RE
KEEPING HER CASH. I'M STILL
