Mike Seidle ...notes from the road

Ok, so you are driving along and it starts raining money.  Apparently the thing to do, if you want to stay out of the way of every law enforcement agency from the local police to the DEA is to help them pick up the money, that is unless you want some new legal headaches.  Take this situation in San Deigo where suspects tossed thousands of dollars of drug money out the window:

News 8:: KFMB Stations, San Diego, California-DEA: Return Money Thrown During Freeway Chase, Or Else

The DEA says it's going to make contact with these people, and is also talking to the district attorney's office and the U.S. Attorney's office about options it may have to press charges.

"They're guilty of potentially a number of offenses from money laundering to obstruction of justice, to removing money subject to seizure," criminal defense attorney Michael Pancer said.

The moral of the story is not "finders keepers" unless you happen to be a law enforcement agency.