A man was fined $500 after finding a bag full of $17,000 and turning it in to the cops... except that he told them he found it somewhere other than where he actually found it...
Yes, he accepted the fine and said he was sorry. It would seem that the location of where the money was found was important to the police. For what? We don't know.
But let's just disregard all of that and cry injustice and whatnot.
I think the man is right to feel sorry and accept the fine - great.
I think the police are in the right to make it clear that they need the correct info off the bat - great.
I don't think the man should have been fined $500. That is EXCESSIVE! They were obviously going to check that footage anyways, and did not simply take him on his word, so I don't see how this delayed the investigation. The only delay would have been the two minutes it took to write the poor sucker a $500 fine.
I've skimmed all your posts seeing if there was a stated reason for him lying about where he found the money. So why did he lie about it?
If I found that money I would never, ever turn that in to the police. I'd merely wait for maybe a year or so then just start spending it gradually. Or unless I was positive they weren't marked bills or something I guess I'd start spending it sooner.
Okay fine so I read the happen to be short article.
I think when he found the money, he was trying to work up the nerve to just keep it for himself. Then he wondered if his face was shown on the security footage then he better play it safe and turn the money in. But then that wouldn't explained why he lied about where he found it if he was certain his face was shown on the cameras anyway.
I think even if he had admitted to considering keeping the money and that's why he didn't turn it in right away and/or lied about where he found the money, how can the police really fine any normal human being for not considering keeping the money. It doesn't even sound like a criminal case to begin with. It sounds like the money was left there due to someone else's negligence.
Except, you're all looking at the fine as punishment. What if the purpose is to offset the cost of his false report. Say he tells the truth - they check the video at the time, and he's right. It's a small amount of time. If he lies, then they have to sort through all sorts of crap to figure out just where he found it (after finding out he lied). This takes time. Time that could probably be used helping society in some other way, such as catching a real criminal. Like the mentally handicapped person who got beaten for not being able to talk well. Or arresting the guy that recorded the cop arresting him with excess force for not using his turn signal.
But I think his problem was he wasn't positive if his face had showed on the camera. That's what I'm trying to say. He thought about keeping it, but then figured he didn't want to chance his face not having shown up on camera. If you just walk by a camera or where you suspect there's a camera you're not gonna be sure whether it got a good shot of your facey face.
Yeah most likely but that's speculation. The police should have just been grateful he didn't make like a bandit with it, bury it in the woods somewhere, retrieve it a year later and be on a sail boat to cuba.
A man was fined $500 after finding a bag full of $17,000 and turning it in to the cops... except that he told them he found it somewhere other than where he actually found it...
What what in the butt?
PS: Beat you to it, Daemaro!
But let's just disregard all of that and cry injustice and whatnot.
I think the police are in the right to make it clear that they need the correct info off the bat - great.
I don't think the man should have been fined $500. That is EXCESSIVE! They were obviously going to check that footage anyways, and did not simply take him on his word, so I don't see how this delayed the investigation. The only delay would have been the two minutes it took to write the poor sucker a $500 fine.
If I found that money I would never, ever turn that in to the police. I'd merely wait for maybe a year or so then just start spending it gradually. Or unless I was positive they weren't marked bills or something I guess I'd start spending it sooner.
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I think when he found the money, he was trying to work up the nerve to just keep it for himself. Then he wondered if his face was shown on the security footage then he better play it safe and turn the money in. But then that wouldn't explained why he lied about where he found it if he was certain his face was shown on the cameras anyway.
I think even if he had admitted to considering keeping the money and that's why he didn't turn it in right away and/or lied about where he found the money, how can the police really fine any normal human being for not considering keeping the money. It doesn't even sound like a criminal case to begin with. It sounds like the money was left there due to someone else's negligence.
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He said he felt more comfortable turning in the money at a bank than at a Walgreens which I understand 100%.
I just seems like some puffed up stupid charge to throw at him. Filing a false report. They're lucky he filed anything at all.
@Jetrall: Damn youuuu!
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Well not that I doubt he considered taking it but I wouldn't leave 17,000$ at a walgreens.
Because then someone there could pocket it, and guess who's last seen on camera with it? You.
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