WA: Okanogan County v. $507,070

From the Seattle Weekly:

Jack-Pot - Federal law lets the cops pocket anything seized in a drug bust—cars, boats, cash—and use it to fund the war on drugs. But when Jane Gerth found a half-million dollars in the Okanogan woods, the rules got more complicated.

Jane Gerth was taking a walk along the woody edge of a Highway 97 turnout near her home south of Oroville... A black and gold bag poking up in the weeds was something that instantly caught her eye.

Gerth, then 52, stepped through the weeds and tugged on the backpack. She couldn't lift it. She untied some straps, and then unzipped the main compartment. She stood back in amazement as bundles of $20 bills oozed out.

There she stood, alone with her dogs and, clearly, hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now what?

I seem to remember that the movie version starred Billy Bob Thornton.