Cops Accidentally Throw Away $31,000

[jeffrey]

More than $31,000 in drug money seized by Somerville police now is buried forever under tons of garbage in a Rochester, N.H., landfill after officers accidentally stashed the cash in a broken desk drawer that was being discarded.

The drug money went missing after an evidence room technician, who had been cleaning out evidence rooms at police headquarters since last Wednesday, put the $31,535 in the drawer of the broken desk, said acting police Chief Robert Bradley. On Monday, while the technician was out of the office, two other officers involved in the evidence room cleanup threw out the desk, along with broken chairs and furniture for spring cleaning.

Bradley said the normal evidence room technician came back to work, but immediately noticed that the desk was missing. Officials eventually found that the trash and the drawer unit had been hauled to the New Hampshire landfill... Entire Article

[sweeps]

This sounds suspicious to me. Who would put confiscated drug money in a desk drawer -- particularly $31,000. I think it's very likely someone pocketed the cash and made everything think it's now at the bottom of the landfill.

[markio26]

my son is a cop... i think it is a believeable story...... mishaps happen frequently......one time an officer put his court case brief on the top of the squad car as he was entering the car... drove off.. a lady called the precendt??? anyway, she found it... lots of personal and useful info..involved in it.. very embarrassing to the officer....