Definitely Not A Bag Full Of Drugs!!!

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OCTOBER 11--After pulling over suspects driving a stolen car, Oregon police found a large drug stash inside a bag with "Definitely not a bag full of drugs" printed on it, according to court records.

Early Wednesday morning, a Portland cop ran the plates on a 1994 Ford Taurus that "came back as stolen," according to a probable cause affidavit. The officer subsequently arrested the driver, Reginald Reynolds, 35, and passenger Mia Baggenstos, 37.

Reynolds, cops say, was carrying a loaded .357 handgun in his pocket, a bag of methamphetamine, and $1360 in cash. Baggenstos had "three white pills she said were oxy...as well as a meth pipe."

A 1:15 AM vehicle search yielded more meth, two scales, drug paraphernalia, and "baggies commonly used for selling." And, investigators noted, "a brown bag that said on it, 'Definitely not a bag full of drugs.'"

Inside the "Definitely" bag cops found "multiple packages" of what an officer "recognized to be methamphetamine" (and which later tested positive for the drug). In total, police seized about half-a-pound of meth.

Reynolds and Baggenstos were charged with an assortment of felony counts, including possession of a stolen vehicle and methamphetamine trafficking.

The "Definitely not a bag full of drugs" bag--now in the possession of the Portland Police Bureau--can be seen in the above evidence photo showing items seized from Reynolds and Baggenstos.


 
Many sovereign citizens believe that county sheriffs are the highest legal authority allowed in the U.S., and that state and federal police are illegitimate [source: Goetz]. They deny the authority of the U.S. federal government, or even the lawfulness of its existence. Another common claim of sovereign citizens is that they are not citizens of the U.S. (or whatever nation they reside in), but rather are separate, independent sovereign nations; citizens of such a nation; or citizens of a state or province. Some sovereign citizens claim to be citizens of a religious "nation" subject only to the authority of God.

The redemption movement is an offshoot of sovereign citizenry. According to adherents of this movement, the U.S. government issues everyone a birth certificate when they're born, creating the "straw man" legal entity that represents them. But furthermore, the movement claims, the government creates a bank account for each straw man and stocks it with $630,000. It's possible, sovereign citizens say, to use these funds to pay debts (especially tax debts) by filing a bunch of documents and sight drafts, which basically means writing checks drawing on this mysterious, unproven $630,000 account [source: Tremblay].

Even though sovereign citizens' beliefs may seem dubious at best, the movement is rooted in a history of groups with anti-government and anti-tax ideologies.

 
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