A LAFAYETTE RESIDENT GOT A BIG SURPRISE WHEN SHE OPENED A "HODGE PODGE" BOX SHE BOUGHT AT A WALKER COUNTY SURPLUS AUCTION… IT CONTAINED EVIDENCE FROM CRIMES INVESTIGATED BY THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT.  SHERIFF STEVE WILSON SAID IT WAS OBVIOUSLY A MISTAKE THAT THE BOX MADE IT TO THE SURPLUS AUCTION OF COUNTY PROPERTY… BUT ADDED THAT THE EVIDENCE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ACTIVE, PENDING CASES IN THE WALKER COUNTY JUSTICE SYSTEM.  THE WOMAN, WHO PREFERRED TO REMAIN ANNONOMOUS, HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS IN THE BOX UNTIL SHE GOT IT HOME AND OPENED IT.  THERE SHE FOUND RAPE EVIDENCE KITS… A GUN WITH AMMUNITION AND A POLICE TASER.

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