So it's not just Obama throwing money around. Everyone is getting into the spirit.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was eating dinner with my daughter in Sorrento Valley (aka > Qualcomm-land). > We were just leaving when some guys came into the food court to meet some > other guys, and they were saying traffic was all snarled up on the freeway > 2 > blocks away. We drove past the freeway and saw traffic stopped and all > kinds > of cops all over the place, I guess that was these idiots getting arrested. > > > > http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/19/bn19chase-loose-money/?zIndex=69840 > > SAN DIEGO Police officers picked up more than $17,000 that was tossed by > fleeing suspects during a chase Thursday that slowed rush-hour traffic to a > crawl and prompted some motorists to stop their vehicles on the freeway to > pick up cash. > > The chase began about 5 p.m. on state Route 15 near Interstate 805. The > fleeing driver of a pickup truck exited SR-15 at Ocean View Boulevard, then > re-entered the freeway southbound. The driver headed south to National > City, > then turned north onto I-805. > > Suspects were flinging cash out the windows of the pickup as the pursuit > continued north on I-805, police said. Officers said bills were thrown out > the windows along the freeway at El Cajon Boulevard, Murray Ridge Road, > Miramar Road and La Jolla Village Drive. > > The pursuit ended on I-805 near Interstate 5 when officers arrested the > suspects at gunpoint, bringing traffic to a halt. > > It was not immediately disclosed what the suspects were wanted for or where > they got the money. They reportedly were armed. > > More than an hour after the chase began, officers were still collecting the > scattered money. They said $17,200 had been picked up, mostly in $20 and > $100 bills. > > Police said a 16-year-old boy who had picked up $570 later turned in the > money at the department's northeastern division station. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:292405 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
