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Title: Judge Orders $1 Million Returned to Exotic Dancer
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ABC News Blogs
URL Source: http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blog ... d-exotic-dancer-151044009.html
Published: Jul 23, 2013
Author: Geetika Rudra
Post Date: 2013-07-23 19:03:07 by Buzzard
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Views: 277
Comments: 29
A federal judge has ruled that Nebraska cops must return over $1 million confiscated at a traffic stop from a woman who saved the money $1 at a time during her 15 year career as an exotic dancer. The money belongs to Tara Mishra, 33, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., who began putting aside her earnings when she started dancing at age 18, according to an opinion U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon wrote last week. The money was meant to start her business and get out of the stripping business, the judge wrote. State troopers confiscated the money in March 2012 when they pulled over Rajesh and Marina Dheri, of Montville, N.J., for speeding in Nebraska, according to court documents. The Dheris are friends of Mishra and had been given the cash so they could buy a nightclub in New Jersey. Mishra would own half of the business and the Dheris would own the other half. Mishra had packaged the money in $10,000 bundles tied with hair bands and placed in plastic bags, and it was stashed in the trunk of the Dheri's rented car, which the Dheris were driving to Chicago. When they were pulled over for speeding, a state trooper asked the Dheris if he could search their vehicle, which they allowed, Bataillon explained. The state trooper found the money and after suspecting it was drug money took the Dheris into custody, according to the judge's opinion. But police did not find any evidence of drug activity in the car and a K-9 analysis found only trace elements of illegal drugs on the cash, according to Bataillon. Neither Mishra nor the Dheris could not be reached for comment. "The government failed to show a substantial connection between drugs and the money," Bataillon wrote in his opinion. "The dog sniff is inconsequential…The court finds the Mishras' story is credible…Ms. Mishra did have control over the money and directed the Dheris to deliver the money to New Jersey for the purchase of the business." Bataillon ordered that Mishra receive cash or a check in the value of $1,074,000 with interest.
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#1. To: Buzzard (#0)
All paper money has trace amounts of drugs on it. Still, the woman was stupid. "Have Brain, Will Travel
What a refreshingly amazing story of justice. Thank you, Judge! “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
Forgive me for being cynical, but I am willing to wager that the I'm with you on that one. Does anyone else see the IRS entering this story? "When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it." - Frederic Bastiat
That's what I thought , too. A happy story for a change. Quite possibly. This girl appears to have some fight in her though. If she want it back she'll probably end up splitting a lot of it with an attorney. Like a bum on a baloney sandwich. Godfrey Smith: Mike, I wouldn't worry. Prosperity is just around the corner. What's the statute of limitations in regard to audits? seven years? more? I think Esso nailed it: "Like a bum on a baloney sandwich." What's the statute of limitations in regard to audits? seven years? more? If I recall correctly there is no limit IF you owe back taxes. Now if she saved all of this money on an after-tax basis they can't touch her. And if she declared tips on her Income Taxes they cannot prove otherwise. On a number of levels, yeah. But she did manage to save a lot of money. Which is more than can be said for most of those girls. Any girl willing to dance nude for money has a bit of a screw loose someplace. Even the one I used to live with. No comment. ;-) I had a girlfriend one time who turned out to schizophrenic and used to pray that I would not be kidnapped. I had one of my friends swear to her that he would prevent it, which made her feel better. She used to go outside and look for kidnappers. "Have Brain, Will Travel
She is worth a million and you are not and your calling her stupid in an effort to what? shine the light on your own poor intellectualism? Srsly trtle? ______________________________________ Suspect all media / resist bad propaganda/Learn NLP everyday everyway ;) (It's a more positive message)
Dude, we all do that. The Turtle prayer chain is active 24/7. When will people learn.
She carried one million dollars in cash and gives the cops permission to search her car. That's stupid. "Have Brain, Will Travel
The conditioning of a lifetime is hard to overturn - short of bitter experience. With a steady diet of Tee Bee programs that glorify the thugs with badges it is not surprising that people have difficulty in shifting their viewpoint to see that, that is all fiction - pure fiction. Oh, there are some good ones, but even they turn a blind eye to criminality on the part of their brethren. My thoughts exactly. Sad.
Cash or gold/silver bullion coin is what I'd suggest.
Did she pray that you WOULD or WOULD NOT be kidnapped? Paul Craig Roberts
She was afraid the Chinese would kidnap me and wash my brains. And no cracks about my brains, washed or unwashed. "Have Brain, Will Travel
Was she afraid she would have to try to explain to them what kind of microscope they would need to see your bb, er brain?
Paul Craig Roberts
I order you to staple your testicles to the floor. "Have Brain, Will Travel
i cant imagine the devistation/horror this poor womanfelt when the cops stole her life savings. Im surprised this story wasnt bigger & surprised the cops even admitted there WAS money.No one should ever consent to a search. "Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28
id also like the name of the cop who stole the money. It seems stupid for Tara to carry around a mil cash, BUT wouldnt putting it in a bank be more risky? i am not sure. i certainly wouldnt want to carry around that much.
"Even to the death fight for truth, and the LORD your God will battle for you". Sirach 4:28
I must rise in defense of the young(ish) lady here. Throughout a 15 year career she managed to accumulate all that cash without the cops, or anyone else, taking it away from her. No small feat. Her mistake was to allow other people to travel with her cash. They obviously did not maintain the same degree of precaution as had the dancer. She got the money back. I have to mark that as a win.
corruptissima re publica plurimae leges - Tacitus
The judge ruled. There was no mention of the case being sealed. The names should be part of the public record. That information shouldn't be difficult to obtain. If the irs didn't get their cut, definitely. it was drug money
#2. To: Buzzard (#0)
#3. To: Lod, Buzzard (#2)
Police Criminals will try to evade the ruling and keep the money regardless. Hoodlums are that way. Particularly those with badges and licenses to steal.
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law)
#4. To: Original_Intent (#3)
Forgive me for being cynical, but I am willing to wager that the Police Criminals will try to evade the ruling and keep the money regardless.
#5. To: Lod (#2)
What a refreshingly amazing story of justice.
#6. To: Original_Intent (#3)
I am willing to wager that the Police Criminals will try to evade the ruling and keep the money regardless
#7. To: Southern Style (#4)
Does anyone else see the IRS entering this story?
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#8. To: Southern Style (#4)
Does anyone else see the IRS entering this story?
#9. To: Southern Style, Esso, all (#4)
Does anyone else see the IRS entering this story?
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law)
#10. To: Buzzard, Southern Style (#8)
Does anyone else see the IRS entering this story?
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law)
#11. To: Turtle (#1)
Still, the woman was stupid.
#12. To: Buzzard (#11)
Any girl willing to dance nude for money has a bit of a screw loose someplace. Even the one I used to live with.
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law)
#13. To: Buzzard (#11)
(Edited)
Even the one I used to live with
#14. To: Turtle (#1)
Still, the woman was stupid.
#15. To: Turtle, all (#13)
used to pray that I would not be kidnapped
#16. To: Buzzard (#0)
When they were pulled over for speeding, a state trooper asked the Dheris if he could search their vehicle, which they allowed, Bataillon explained.
#17. To: titorite (#14)
She is worth a million and you are not and your calling her stupid in an effort to what? shine the light on your own poor intellectualism?
#18. To: Katniss (#16)
When will people learn.
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from evil. ~ Unk (Paraphrase of Clarke's 3rd Law)
#19. To: Southern Style (#4)
Does anyone else see the IRS entering this story?
#20. To: Buzzard (#0)
Bataillon ordered that Mishra receive cash or a check in the value of $1,074,000 with interest.
#21. To: Turtle (#13)
I had a girlfriend one time who turned out to schizophrenic and used to pray that I would not be kidnapped.
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
#22. To: James Deffenbach (#21)
Did she pray that you WOULD or WOULD NOT be kidnapped?
#23. To: Turtle (#22)
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
#24. To: James Deffenbach (#23)
Was she afraid she would have to try to explain to them what kind of microscope they would need to see your bb, er brain?
#25. To: Katniss, lod, original_intent (#16)
When will people learn
#26. To: Buzzard (#0)
#27. To: Turtle (#17)
She carried one million dollars in cash and gives the cops permission to search her car. That's stupid.
#28. To: Buzzard, Turtle (#27)
#29. To: Artisan (#26)
id also like the name of the cop who stole the money.
BUT wouldnt putting it in a bank be more risky?
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