Driver Arrested In Ohio For Secret Car Compartment Full of Nothing

[ElNono]

"Norman Gurley, 30, is facing drug-related charges in Lorain County, Ohio, despite the fact that state troopers did not actually find any drugs (http://reason.com/blog/2013/11/21/driver-arrested-in-ohio-for-secret-car-c) in his possession. Ohio passed a law (http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=129_SB_305) in 2012 making it a felony to alter a vehicle to add a secret compartment with the 'intent' of using it to conceal drugs for trafficking." This is the first person arrested (http://www.wkyc.com/story/news/local/2013/11/20/trap-car-law/3655713/) under the strange law.

[Trainwreck2100]

they'd have to prove intent

[Wild Cobra]

they'd have to prove intent

This is true, unless they have him on this angle:


(D) No person who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of aggravated trafficking in drugs under section 2925.03 of the Revised Code that is a felony of the first or second degree shall operate, possess, or use a vehicle with a hidden compartment.

I didn't read the whole thing yet. I wonder if this is a valid arrest, or bogus because of how the intent of a law is often misused.

Once again, I say we need a "scope" and "purpose" of all laws. The black and white of the law is often abused.

[pgardn]

Check that used car you bought.
For secret compartments you can't find.

[scott]

Freedom. Liberty. Justice.

[TeyshaBlue]

Free Beer!

[baseline bum]

Check that used car you bought.
For secret compartments you can't find.

:lol

[Nbadan]

Free Beer!

I could go for a free...bird....

[EVAY]

Well, it IS funny, ya gotta admit.

Sometimes things like this are really what it takes to convince people that a law was at least poorly written if not poorly conceived as well.

[Trill Clinton]

smh...people cant even modify their own cars without being charged with a felony. what a silly law.

[cantthinkofanything]

smh...people cant even modify their own cars without being charged with a felony. what a silly law.

just hide that shit in your tires

[Blake]

Well, it IS funny, ya gotta admit.

Sometimes things like this are really what it takes to convince people that a law was at least poorly written if not poorly conceived as well.

Except that felonys aren't very funny.

It's a travesty there's a law like this on the books, imo.

[Blake]

How did the cops find the secret compartment

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Just the private prison libertarian utopia we live in, no surprises here.

[m>s]

is aluminum hoarding free market dok