Finally, a news report.
From the Virginian Pilot:
source:
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=138199&ran=185042&tref=po
"As cops chased a car along the interstate, something was in the air.
Twenties. Fifties. Even $100 bills.
The driver of a Chrysler 300 was tossing cash from his window. Bills fluttered along westbound Interstate 64, just past Military Highway.
Drivers braked, bailed out and grabbed for the greenbacks. Some used their shirts as pouches to carry the loot. Police think thousands of dollars were snatched up.
Though sirens blared and lights flashed in the two unmarked police vehicles, the traffic was jamming and the Chrysler was slipping away.
"What in the world?" thought investigator Jemal Davis, one of the four officers in two pursuing vehicles. Davis negotiated the mess and tried to stay with the Chrysler.
It all happened around 12:30 p.m. Friday. Narcotics investigators had tried to stop the Chrysler at Northampton Boulevard and Wesleyan Drive, near the Virginia Beach city line. But the driver speeded up and got onto I-64.
At three spots along a short stretch of the highway, cash flew, Davis said.
According to a court document, the Chrysler pulled off the highway at Norview Avenue toward Norfolk International Airport and crashed at the end of the ramp.
The driver and a passenger fled.
The interstate was closed while police collected the cash. They found nearly $5,000, less than half what they think was thrown away.
In the Chrysler, police found a wallet with an identification card belonging to Michael Brian Mccants, 30, of Lovitt Avenue. Investigators found Mccants five blocks away and took him into custody.
"Mccants stated he didn't know the driver's name or why we chased them," Davis wrote in a statement to search Mccants' apartment.
Police charged Mccants with a drug offense, as well as with being a passenger who didn't report an accident. The driver of the Chrysler still was being sought Tuesday.
As for the missing cash, it's evidence, said Officer Chris Amos, a police spokesman, and the police want it back. "It's considered fruits of a crime," he said.
One man has come clean, dropping off $80 in an envelope at the Police Operations Center.
"He said he felt bad about taking it," Davis said.
Anyone wishing to return cash can call police at (757) 664-7035."
