Man sentenced after officer finds bag of cash in vehicle
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 34-year-old man caught on Interstate 44 in St. Louis County with nearly $750,000 in cash was sentenced to slightly more than a year in prison.
Rodolfo Emilio Saenz was driving a rented Jeep in 2016 when St. Louis County police officer stopped him for a traffic violation.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the officer thought Saenz was acting suspiciously and was given permission to search the Jeep.
The officer spotted a vacuum-sealed bag of cash in a suitcase. Investigators later found $748,320 in the vehicle.
Saenz's plea agreement said the money was supposed to be taken to Mexico.