D.Minn.: Admissions against penal interest and corroboration made CI reliable

Statements against penal interest and corroboration made the CI reliable. There was nexus to defendant’s property. United States v. Rayford, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 176627 (D.Minn. Dec. 2, 2015).*

Defendant’s stop was for cutting off other cars on the road, and he consented to a search of the car. The officers closest to it testified to it, others didn’t hear it, and defendant really didn’t deny it. United States v. Thompson, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27175 (W.D.Ky. Jan. 8, 2016),* adopted 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26143 (W.D.Ky. March 1, 2016).*

The method of packaging a small box with tape on all the seams, a fictitious return address and no phone number, and $71 postage was reasonable suspicion to detain the package for a dog sniff. The dog sniff led to an alert and a search warrant. United States v. Duncan, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 176641 (W.D.Mo. Dec. 29, 2015).*