A Massachusetts couple has lost over $100,000 after a federal judge ruled in favor of the government’s request to keep the cash discovered in their vehicle during a traffic stop. Four years ago, Adam and Jennifer Perry of Ashburnham were pulled over by a state trooper for speeding in northwest Illinois.
The couple told the trooper that they were heading to Salt Lake City to see a hearing specialist based in Utah.
The Illinois State Trooper suspected that there were drugs in the car, and with the assistance of the K-9 unit, searched the Toyota Tundra. State police found a suitcase with money bagged in plastic and hidden in the lining, a black duffel bag reeking of marijuana and a second duffle bag “filled with large vacuum sealer bags, permanent markers, masking tape and desiccant packets,” court documents stated.