I once had a defendant’s girlfriend try to post his $100,000 cash only bond with a bunch of big ziploc bags full of cold coins that she said was his.
We made her take the alleged gold to a pawn shop to get the gold authenticated or get some cash cuz we didn’t think it was really gold. Turns out they were actually legit and worth over $100k.
He lost his public defender (posted too high) and then was mad and refused to hire an attorney and open plead. Judge sent him to DOC for 3 years.
I still wonder where he got all that gold tho.
