Well as usual, almost a Neologism.
It was in the mouth of the young grad student character on the crime drama Bones, so I assumed it was intended to connote his fluency with modern youth speak. But Bones is probably on reruns, and anyway TV non youth specific TV is frequently behind the times with language. Urban Dictionary traces the usage to at least as early as 2003.
Meaning - either to steal in a shady fashion - as in the case of the TV show -said to a colleague who snuck in to an opportunity to chat to a cute delivery girl. Or to hold onto something you shouldn't keep for so long - most notably a marijuana joint. Root - nothing to do with Humphrey apparently -possibilities - either a town in Georgia or a music executive in the 70's.
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