SO cops are mad because he simply performed a civil forfeiture?
@rjhornsby
10 ай бұрын
the city is mad, not necessarily the cops. either way, the government hates competition.
@Karen_Marie
10 ай бұрын
Not comparable. No one should be defending this man's actions. What if the $5k was the 1 year savings of someone struggling to buy a car? Or the 1 month paycheck of a single mom/dad? Civil asset forfeiture is wrong and I would never defend it, however, it is a legal process whereby the owner has a legal pathway to collect their money. When someone steals from another, there is often no recourse, especially if the thief cannot be identified.
@BaldBozo
10 ай бұрын
His mistake was not accusing the money of a crime. Then he could claim citizens arrest.
@WitnessingTyranny
10 ай бұрын
@@Karen_MarieAn expensive legal process after an unconstitutional action of state theft. The burden of proof should always be on the state. It's an abomination.
@Cmunic8
10 ай бұрын
@@Karen_Mariethey’re are both theft. Whether there’s a “pathway” or not it’s something an average single mother who had her money taken by civil forfeiture wouldn’t be able to do because she wouldn’t have the money, the police just took her money
@monto313
10 ай бұрын
Did you hear about the guy who found a bag with $65,000 in it? You didn’t because he was smart enough to never tell anyone he found it.
@BiblicallyAccurateToaster
10 ай бұрын
exactly my thought.
@MyNameJeff..
10 ай бұрын
Exactly. No good deed goes unpunished.
@faithelizabeth7304
9 ай бұрын
The guy in this story may have been on camera and found that way.
@wlnorris75
9 ай бұрын
Did you not listen? The police reviewed security camera footage at the bank, which is how they discovered the identity of the person who found the bag. You do realize you live in a world filled with cameras recording all the time. So not telling anyone doesn't mean no one will ever know you took it. Drug dealers are putting Air Tags in their drug and money shipments. So if you find a bag of cash on the road and you decide to take it home, you might want to consider that a drug cartel might know exactly where there money went, and will be paying you a visit in the middle of the night. And even if you find the air tag once you get the money home, its too late. You have probably already been pinged, so you better have their money if they come calling.
@lindaestoll1104
9 ай бұрын
So sad people wouldn’t return something that wasn’t theirs. This attitude is the reason we are having a blight of shoplifting.
@cresantspoon1204
10 ай бұрын
I lost my wallet during Christmas season, it had all my Xmas cash, I was a single parent, someone turned it in at the store, I am still grateful for that person.
@happyclampopper
8 ай бұрын
Reminds me of a morning when I was putting a shopping cart up, found a pink purse, had ID, personal items, cash. Took it to the store manager.
@akbel4465
Ай бұрын
Some of those store managers keep the money and then turn the purse or wallet in.😢@@happyclampopper
@rae0521
Ай бұрын
This is an entirely different situation. Obviously to find a personal wallet with everything in it will seriously disrupt an individual's life. It;s the honourable thing to do to return it to the owner. Finding a "bag of cash" is not likely to be a personal loss... more like someone at Walmart or Home Depot dropped it on the way to the bank. Or even someone from one of the banks dropped it... or it was stolen in the first place. I would wait and scan the press for someone pleading for their "life savings" to be returned... then I would return it. If no one asked for it back within 30 days... it would be "Finders Keeper."
@thenatureboy1837
9 ай бұрын
I once lost my wallet with $1,600 cash in it inside a Target. I was relieved when they had it because I did not want to replace my credit and debit cards as well as my license. I was elated that every dollar was still there. Good people still exist.
@MajinMist603
9 ай бұрын
Difference between insured bank money and your normal J o e earnings ……
@Life_oftheavregeman
8 ай бұрын
@@MajinMist603 the money is not insured until it’s in the bank
@roddycreswell8613
8 ай бұрын
Good people do exist, good cops do not.
@JohnnyYeTaecanUktena
8 ай бұрын
Mate no one would want to return your wallet if there was money inside when you lost then suddenly there is not as no one wants to be accused of stealing
@OPGardevoir
8 ай бұрын
Who casually carries $1,600 in a target? That's the biggest mistake here
@JemicoTX
10 ай бұрын
I found a person's wallet, looked them up, and called them. They accused me of stealing it. I then informed the owner they could find their wallet in the same place i found it (in the middle of the parking lot). I left everything in the wallet (including the cash) and put it right back. The nerve of people.
@davidhoward4715
10 ай бұрын
That's why when I found a wallet with a lot of money and cards, I took it to the nearest police station. (The depressing part was that the cops several times congratulated me for being honest. My point of view was simply "It's not my money.")
@skillethead15
10 ай бұрын
If you stole it why tf would you call them to return it? People are so ignorant.
@tamtheman2099
10 ай бұрын
if there is ever a next time take the reward (the cash) leave the cards and post it tracked.
@michaelb.8953
10 ай бұрын
If you stole it than why would you call them in a effort to do the right thing and return it to them with all belongings still intact. I can't believe how incredibly stupid people can be as you're doing them a huge favor and I would guess they were looking to cause some trouble for you. Sometimes people suck!!!
@beadbird
10 ай бұрын
Same thing happened to me twice. Once I found a wallet, 40 years ago, looked up the name, called them, and the mother of the 20 year-old wallet owner screamed at me when they met me that I mugged her and robbed her! Hey idiot lady! Why would I call you to return this, with all your money, if I just stole from you? Why can't those dumb bunnies just say, "Thank you!" Just plain dumb!
@bleedalot
10 ай бұрын
It is a shame that police can claim qualified immunity and civil asset forfeiture, but a private citizen is held to a higher standard to follow obscure laws.
@WitnessingTyranny
10 ай бұрын
They should consider it fruit of the poisonous tree from their unfollowed policy. Lol. At what point are they going to be accountable for their own incompetence? I made hundreds of deposits and never lost one, without an escort.
@alanmcentee9457
10 ай бұрын
There is nothing obscure about this. Anytime you find property you know is not yours, you may not keep it. The guy should have just kept his mouth shut about the money and not told anyone. And gotten rid of the bag.
@Frag-ile
10 ай бұрын
He should demand the bank proves the money was not out doing something nefarious at the moment of apprehension.
@bleedalot
10 ай бұрын
@@alanmcentee9457 Tell that to federal, local, and state police! They “find” cash all the time and take it without any charges or warrants. What law states that you cant find something on the street and keep it? Is this law taught in civics class in school if it does even exist?
@-Devy-
10 ай бұрын
"Obscure law"? LOL! It's called "common sense" to any normal person.
@jeffg.8964
10 ай бұрын
After 40 years of practising law-now retired: never, ever talk to the police without a lawyer, except name, rank and serial number. Period.
@comfeefort
9 ай бұрын
Or any Civil Service, Government Employee.
@jeffg.8964
9 ай бұрын
@@comfeefort Yup, you can only talk yourself in deeper. Anything you say that’s exculpatory cannot be used in court unless you testify, and then you open yourself up to cross-examination. You can only talk yourself into a jail cell, not out of it!
@colt5189
8 ай бұрын
What do you say when the police pull your over for whatever and ask basic questions like "Where are you going?"
@lParohlx
2 ай бұрын
@@colt5189isn’t it fuggin obvious dude? It’s none of their business. “I don’t answer questions” is simple enough ever heard of the constitution ??? #5!!
@Yalnif5200
4 күн бұрын
They can ask you any question they think they can get away with. There is no requirement to answer any question despite what they will tell you.
@sunnyscott4876
9 ай бұрын
I found $700 cash in a parking spot in a local shopping area. It was in an envelope and had been there for a while because it had tire tracks on it. The only thing inside the envelope besides the money was a hardly legible bank deposit slip. I knew that it had to be one of the merchants in the area. I worked very hard to find out who it belonged to. I returned it to the owner of the store. One of her employees had dropped it on the way to the bank. She was so grateful that I actually returned the money, she insisted on giving me $100. I graciously accepted it.
@KellyKelly-qd7my
9 ай бұрын
😊❤️👍
@elstongunn4277
Ай бұрын
What’s with people losing bank deposits and not noticing it when they get to the bank and discover they don’t have it? Do they just shrug “oh well” and leave? Don’t they go out and retrace their steps to find it?
@ChickenPizza
10 ай бұрын
_Meanwhile in another part of the country_ "Police find $5,000 in back of man's car and keep it. No charges pending."
@eddiemunster4094
10 ай бұрын
They check you for drug residue if any residue was found then forfeited
@WheatGrinding
10 ай бұрын
Civil asset forfeiture is absolutely horrible and must be outlawed.
@jimmyzhao2673
10 ай бұрын
@@eddiemunster4094 That's the Cops' oldest trick in the book. There are studies that show that up to 90% of banknotes contain traces of cocaine. So the Cops know that if they test the banknotes, they are virtually guaranteed to find drug residue on them and can claim they are proceeds of a drug sale.
@lParohlx
2 ай бұрын
@@eddiemunster4094they don’t need to check for drugs they can take it just because they say it is suspicious..
@mikecrooks8085
2 ай бұрын
Something very close to 99.400% of all paper currency will test positive for drug residue including your wallet if you have ever had any previously circulated bills in it. This is due to cross contamination and since all drug business is say cash and carry. If you place your brand new currency in your wallet now it is dirty too. If the cops want your paper currency they will take it.@@eddiemunster4094 Civil forfeiture is lawful grand theft and worse.
@robbentodd6824
10 ай бұрын
A similar thing happened in TX decades ago. Several children found a bag that contained something like $100k. They took to one of the boys house and they, along with a father, turned into the police. After 30 days the money hadn’t been claimed, and the families asked for the money. The police refused, saying it had been seized because the money was likely the proceeds of drug dealing. The families said they will never turn anything over to the police again.
@wessltov
10 ай бұрын
Family: "We found this" Police: "You found this?" *Family leaves* Police: "We found this"
@dancooper6002
10 ай бұрын
Except the police were almost certainly correct, as no one engaged in legitimate commerce carries such quantities of cash. It was certainly evidence, so the police were right. As to not turning it in, that is evidence tampering.
@someone-ji2zb
10 ай бұрын
I mean... what do you expect if you drop something off to the police as "lost"? You basically admit to them it never belonged to you to begin with. Is there some kind of law I am unaware of regarding getting something back that goes unclaimed? *edit* seems like it depends on the state as usual, upon looking into this
@CoolLava
10 ай бұрын
Just do the right thing. Do to others what you would hope they would do to you. If you lost some money would you hope the finders would keep it or make an effort to find the rightful owner. Karma baby.
@adotintheshark4848
10 ай бұрын
and what exactly happens to the money when the "perpetratrors" are never caught? You guessed it..into various precinct pockets. I'd never turn any cash I'd found in to the police. Why should they get it? I'm the one who found it! @@dancooper6002
@rae0521
10 ай бұрын
No matter what jurisdiction you live in, the "authorities" will find a way to prosecute you for almost anything. We have buildings full of thousands of volumes of LAWS and given enough time and reason, someone will find one of them to use against you.
@trashmesoftsoft
8 ай бұрын
Warren Buffet should have told this one to Trump too...
@Sgt_Glory
8 ай бұрын
"Show me the man and I'll show you the crime"
@bovinityleak2066
Ай бұрын
Its like bible versus
@terrygalloway7874
9 ай бұрын
I learned my lesson before. I found $800 in the parking lot of a Harris Teeter grocery store. I am a rep that goes to stores and knew the employees. I handed it over to the store manager bc I know how if feels taking a loss like that and tried to do the right thing, learned real quick not to do that again like I did. I asked about the money every week and turned out the store kept the money. I’ll never do that again.
@bovinityleak2066
Ай бұрын
Negative reinforcement is as strong as positive.
@Dan-cm9ow
10 ай бұрын
He forgot to follow the non-criminal government procedure of suing the money itself and keeping when it cant prove its own innocence.
@wallstreetbetscom8821
10 ай бұрын
Nice one 😉
@trialnsuffering9731
10 ай бұрын
Hahaha
@ianbattles7290
10 ай бұрын
The money cannot prove it wasn't dropped by a drug dealer! Therefore, whoever found it gets to keep it.
@Mysdia
10 ай бұрын
As a Citizen you don't have standing, however, so the money would win because you couldn't state a valid claim. Only the government who has thus been injured by the illegal activity can pull that one off
@bubbles581
10 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@topherbec7578
10 ай бұрын
I found an envelope in the parking lot of my bank containing about $1500. I turned the money into the bank. A couple of hours later they called me and said they found the person who lost it. The money belonged to a woman who had withdrawn it to make repairs to her car. The bank told me when they informed her that the money was found she began to cry because she didn't know what she was going to do to get her car fixed. The feeling of doing a good deed was worth more than the money if I had kept it.
@someone-ji2zb
10 ай бұрын
Bottom line is that while the man likely should not be charged with anything in regards to crime.... I look down on him for not controlling his greed. Bank bag dropped on ground right at the outside of the bank building, with official documents and all... and the man felt no obligation to return it? Simply isn't right, but I still don't think the man deserves a charge. Now if he refused to return the money, that might be a different story altogether. *edit* seems like it is actually against connecticut law to not make an attempt to return it, and larceny is the proper charge under connecticut law. His admission that he felt no obligation will bury him in court
@adotintheshark4848
10 ай бұрын
often a good deed is its own reward, and they are the one you feel most good about.
@user-xf1ur3hu4z
10 ай бұрын
yea can be.
@Brommear
10 ай бұрын
I once found an envelope with about $2 000 in it in the passage of the university where I was working at that time. I immediately started asking around to see whom the money belonged to. (This was in a South American country). I was surprised when colleagues congratulate me on turning the money in. What would they have done? The look on the face of the student that had lost the money was reward enough!
@Zurround
10 ай бұрын
Years ago I was waiting in line at the local ice cream shop and the people in front of me, a married couple had an accident, in that a 100 dollar bill fell out of his wallet when he was opening it to pay for their ice cream and they did not even notice. Had I not done the right thing they might have realized that they are 100 dollars short at home hours later. But I picked it up and told the guy who had no idea that it had happened and handed it back. He was thankful but his wife told him to pay for my sundae too. So I got a free ice cream sundae out of it that of course was worth much less than 100 dollars. But it felt good to be honest and honorable and that was worth more than the money. Had I kept it my self esteem would have gone down.
@PInk77W1
10 ай бұрын
I’m 62. Been a long distance cyclist for 50yrs. I basically look down all day. I’ve Found probably 20 wallets and returned them. People are so happy.
@VoodooGoddess86
8 ай бұрын
Years ago After withdrawing $1200 from my bank for my rent in a Walmart. I grabbed a few things out of the grocery store and went to my car. I put my pocketbook on my car as I put my groceries in the backseat, well I drove off with it on top of my car. I made it all the way home and screamed when I noticed I didn’t have it. I sped so fast back to Walmart, ran inside with tears in my eyes asking the customer service desk if anyone turned it in. While standing there waiting on an answer a woman walks in with my pocketbook and says “someone lost this”. She said she found it in the parking lot. Thankfully everything was still in it, I hugged her so tight and thanked her, I can’t tell you the relief I had when she walked in with it. I offered to give her $20 cause I was a lil hard up on money and couldn’t give much, but she said she didn’t want my money, God just had her in the right place at the right time.
@CapnSnackbeard
10 ай бұрын
Last year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit Court decided that two police officers in Fresno, California, who allegedly stole more than $225,000 in assets while executing a search warrant, could not be sued over the incident. Though "the City Officers ought to have recognized that the alleged theft was morally wrong," the unanimous 9th Circuit panel said, the officers "did not have clear notice that it violated the Fourth Amendment."
@SeanBZA
10 ай бұрын
Should that not have been covered as part of training, in that theft is against the law?
@JohnDoe-qz1ql
10 ай бұрын
@@SeanBZAEven if they Weren't trained, they Knew what they were doing.
@mikelarry2602
10 ай бұрын
They need Common Sense classes for them.@@JohnDoe-qz1ql
@crinklecut3790
10 ай бұрын
I think they have to have a similar case that’s already gone through the court system before they lose their qualified immunity. I might be mistaken. Either way, it’s disgusting and it’s the opposite of that supposed “higher standard” they’re always saying they’re held to.
@unbreakable7633
10 ай бұрын
Sue them under State not federal law. The property doesn't belong to them. It's conversion.
@xerowolf4242
10 ай бұрын
I did this once when I found a bank envelope with $2500 cash in it. I however decided to go into the bank and tell them I found a large sum of money, gave them my contact info, and told them to contact me if someone reports it lost and can tell me the exact amount of cash and the color of the rubber band it had around it. there was no rubber band tho. The bank contacted me within a few hours and told me that a guy was there and had said he lost exactly $2500 but it was in an envelope and not in a rubber band. They were confused about the rubber band part but that was exactly what I was looking for. So I went back to the bank and returned the money. The man was very grateful and handed me $100 reward which I didn't even want but was really broke at the time so I accepted it.
@roccov3614
10 ай бұрын
Why would you not want $100 if you're broke? I can understand if you don't need the money but if you're broke...
@ryancraythorn8399
10 ай бұрын
Thats smart though, you wouldn't some some random person to overhear it and try and claim it as theirs.
@tappy8741
10 ай бұрын
@@roccov3614 As in they didn't expect a reward
@munster355
10 ай бұрын
@@roccov3614it's not that he didn't want money, it's that he didn't want a reward.
@xerowolf4242
10 ай бұрын
@@roccov3614 I meant that as I didn't want a reward.
@MowBeta
10 ай бұрын
Yeah, about that return thing. Years ago I found an antique cash register on the side of a forested road and called the police. The officer who responded picked it up, along with the money in it (not counted), wrote a report, and took it with him. Before he left, I asked what would happen if they didn't find the owner and he said it would be returned to me within 60 days if I called about it. Hah! LOL! When I called weeks later, there was no report, no cash register, no nothing. Nobody knew anything about it. And I had found the small store it likely was stolen from but they had not been contacted by the police. So..... In all fairness, though, in a case like this I would still be inclined to return the money to the bank because of the marked bag and identifying receipts inside, but would take pics of contents, get a news camera crew to pick up the story, and have the bank sign a release. Just to keep everybody "honest." Good luck to that guy.
@mikecrooks8085
2 ай бұрын
Words of wisdom.....
@dixietarian
10 ай бұрын
His real crime was embarrassing public officials.
@chiraldude
10 ай бұрын
I once found a wallet at a rest area with about $300 in it. There was also a drivers license in it so it was clear to me that it wasn't for me to keep. The owner actually came back looking for it after a few minutes. Now if I had found $300 in a paper bag with no information about the owner, it would have been a different story.
@brokenrecord3095
10 ай бұрын
when I was about 16 I found a wallet without any money in it. So I took it home and gave it to my dad, and he called the cops the to return to its rightful owner (the guy's ID and credit cards and pictures of kids were in it, hopefully HIS kids). When the cops came, no thanks or anything, they just grilled me about where all the cash was. I mean, nobody ever loses a wallet without at least a small fortune in bills, right?
@jerradwilson
10 ай бұрын
When I was 11 back in 1992, I was on a cross country road trip with my family. At a rest stop, I walked across the grass towards the restroom and found a diamond ring in the grass. I put it in my pocket and didn't tell my parents. In the restroom, there was a man in there freaking out about losing his wife's engagement ring and his brother or friend consoling him because they looked all over the rest area and couldn't find it, and how they couldn't leave without finding it. I pulled the ring out and asked if this was it. His eyes lit up and said yes as he breathed a big sigh of relief. I gave him the ring and he said thank you many times and gave me $100 for finding it. $100 was a big deal for an 11 year old kid in 1992. I just kept the money and still didn't tell my parents what happened.
@selfdo
10 ай бұрын
A large amount of cash in a paper bag, with no ID, could be a DRUG transaction. The Robot from "Lost in Space" would be flailing his arms!
@johnpublic6582
10 ай бұрын
@@jerradwilson Good work.
@petuniasevan
10 ай бұрын
Similar thing happened to me about 40 years ago when I was swimming at a popular swimming hole: I saw something on the bottom and dove down to get it... turned out to be a wallet with about $200 inside. There was a driver's license so I looked at it and sure enough, the guy was right there nearby. He hadn't noticed his loss yet, and $200 was a ton of money for me at the age of 19...but I returned the wallet to his profuse thanks.
@AeroGuy07
10 ай бұрын
A few years ago, I found some cash in an RV we rented. I was going through it before i returned it and found it in a little cubby hole in of the bunks. I called everyone that was on the trip and no one claimed it. When I returned the RV I asked if the previous renter had asked about something thry had lost or left behind. No one had called looking for it. So I told the rental place that I had found something and if anybody called, and could confirm what they lost, I'd be happy to return it. I held onto the money for 30 days, and it was never claimed.
@maximusdarja
10 ай бұрын
This is how you have to do it here. If you turn it into the cops they follow this procedure and then keep the cash.
@Leslie-es5ij
10 ай бұрын
How did they find out about it?
@garymartin9777
10 ай бұрын
@@maximusdarja The cops keep the cash?
@macmcleod1188
10 ай бұрын
@garymartin9777 in some cases police officers hold and return the cash. In other cases the police hold the money and then keep it.
@maximusdarja
10 ай бұрын
@@garymartin9777 Yup. If the officer you hand it to bothers to turn it into the department, the department keeps it, but individual officers have the option to just ...not. Then they wait 30 days and keep it.
@janicebailey6112
9 ай бұрын
Steve , I love watching your videos... Your NOT picking up anything less than a dime reminded me of this... In my mothers last moments here on earth she looked at me and said, " start looking for pennies". Years before her death she told me that I would know when she was watching over me because she would leave a penny. I haven't passed up a penny since.
@RabbiGoldberg-bk4qh
8 ай бұрын
Tell me you're jewish without telling me you're jewish.
@ericinla65
10 ай бұрын
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED - If you find a lot of money. Don't tell the police.
@michaelallen1432
10 ай бұрын
Uh.... I don't think that was the lesson. I think the lesson was, if you find money in the bank parking lot, in a bank deposit bag, with a deposit slip inside, you might want to think twice about taking it if your state has a law that defines keeping money you find laying on the ground as theft, because banks have cameras everywhere. But I guess these sorts of "differences of opinion" are how people get themselves into these kinds of messes.
@lee3171
10 ай бұрын
This is the opposite of the lesson
@RLKmedic0315
10 ай бұрын
I was a private contractor paramedic in Iraq and Afghanistan for about 4 years. While in Tikrit (COB Speicher) I was heading into the DFAC (cafeteria) for dinner and I saw something on the ground in the entranceway. I bent down, picked it up and looked. To my surprise it was a very tight roll of money, $100 on the outside. I did not open the roll or count the money. I immediately took the cash to the DFAC guard on duty. I then spent about an hour retelling my story, writing a detailed report and repeatedly explaining that t did not steal anything. I was finally released and went to eat dinner. I promptly forgot about the incident. About 2 months later I was summoned to the MPs office and asked again about the money I turned in. I explained, again, exactly what happened. The Major I was speaking with said "Well, it's been 2 months and no one has claimed it or filed a report about missing money. So it's your lucky day! Take the roll and spend it on your next R&R." There was $1255 in that roll of cash. And my wife and I enjoyed every penny of it on vacation, lol.
@sherilynn1310
10 ай бұрын
The Major from the MPs was remarkable, too. Thank you for taking care of people who needed help.
@doreeneclose6295
10 ай бұрын
How many MP offices would be so honest?
@JohnSmith-yv6eq
10 ай бұрын
@@doreeneclose6295 It was all on written record. Officers in Charge must make sure that they are satisfied before disbursing money.. When he asked you all the questions he had memorized your previous interview and he was making sure your story lined up the same the second time you gave it...to him. Satisfied...he could hand over the money...to you.
@RLKmedic0315
10 ай бұрын
@@doreeneclose6295 On that base, at that time, I would expect most of them. There was a lot of scrutiny on the military then, and COB Speicher was a pretty big base.
@FRANKHDIETRICH
10 ай бұрын
You are an honest man, and did the right thing. I'm sure the G - d knows it too.
@davidnicholas7516
10 ай бұрын
I laughed out loud when I heard that it was "tax funds." OF COURSE they'd say it was a crime!!! If it was someone else's money the city wouldn't care. But it's theirs and they have the power to punish you for not turning it in...it's different when it's *their* money. My newest saying is this: "Anyone who says money is the root of all evil has never met a lawyer."
@anthonyegreene
10 ай бұрын
That misquote is common. It's the *want* of money (i.e. greed) that's the root of all evil.
@no_peace
10 ай бұрын
Yeah like how they "can't do anything until he does something" about stalking and lesser violence but it's assault if cops beat you up and you get blood on their uniform
@no_peace
10 ай бұрын
Sorry it was destruction of property (Henry Davis, Ferguson, MO)
@lorehammer40k4
10 ай бұрын
@@anthonyegreene You are also misquoting 1 Timothy 6:10. It's actually "the love of money is the root of all evil" that would mean greed (some translations also say desire for money). Saying "the want of money" would mean the lack of money is the root of all evil (which is pretty true too though). It's like the proverb about "for want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the rider was lost, etc etc." or like the saying "you have been found wanting." It's not saying the desire for a nail, it's the lack of a nail, just like it's not saying "found desiring" but "found lacking".
@UncleKennysPlace
10 ай бұрын
@@anthonyegreeneNaw. Everyone wants it. It's a problem if you _love_ it.
@zacknelson8918
10 ай бұрын
That person who was responsible for the "tax funds" should be fired and the guy who found the money it's his to keep
@thomasyunick3726
10 ай бұрын
Had a boss that would leave a fake lost wallet out with $50 at job interviews as an honesty and integrity test only 1 in 5 would return it. Those that returned it always got hired no matter their skill set and an extra $5 an hour of what was posted on the job listing. I loved that Job and that boss. He still has a successful business. because he knows who he can trust.
@jimfogarty6385
10 ай бұрын
I found $400 at Starbucks. Honest fool that I am I turned it over to the barista. A short while later a woman came in and thanked me, gave me a coffee and $10.00 for my honesty. She looked so much like the barista she could have been her mother.
@interstellarsurfer
10 ай бұрын
Almost certainly was her mother. Thank you for being an honest sucker. 😉👍
@KB-ql8cx
10 ай бұрын
You are a good human and did what I’d hope someone would do for me if I were in that situation. That might have been her rent for all we know.
@selfdo
10 ай бұрын
You did the right thing. Helped out someone who was careless.
@Mysdia
10 ай бұрын
Not a fool... Just an honest person, plus it seems that you got ~$20 worth of gifts instead of possibly a criminal record.
@timewa851
10 ай бұрын
@@interstellarsurfer already buying stuff at starbucks. so already a sucker. )
@7thsluglord363
10 ай бұрын
Guarantee as a private citizen if you misplace $5k, you will be laughed out of court for trying to sue whoever finds it.
@stischer47
10 ай бұрын
Not if there were identifying documents with the money. Or did you miss that part of Steve's video?
@Dratchev241
10 ай бұрын
@@stischer47 honestly, id bet you still would be laughed out of the court. only reason this is happening is cause its the government money it stole from people. gov don't like competition.
@Person01234
10 ай бұрын
guarantee you're wrong. There's protocol for what you're supposed to do if you find lost items or money, and just taking it is not that. Now, if the cops found it and siezed it as evidence, you can kiss it goodbye because you're never seeing it again.
@Mysdia
10 ай бұрын
That's not true... You are only "laughed out of court" If you cannot provide a valid legal claim with good evidence. Someone takes your $5K will give a few options, so as long as you can prove what happened and that it fits a claim (Such as unjust enrichment, or recovery of personal property), then you're good.
@knightofthelivingdrones2646
10 ай бұрын
Dirt bags will be dirt bags
@your_royal_highness
10 ай бұрын
I went into a gas station the other day to use the restroom first before filling up. The restroom was “out of order.” This is a reason why I always go in first before giving them my business. I saw a folded up $20 bill on the floor and before anyone else who spotted it could pick it up I did. I could have given it to the cashier of course….but I didn’t. Made it worth holding my bladder for another stop.
@adotintheshark4848
10 ай бұрын
most likely they would have put it in their pocket. That's why I keep found money that is completely "anonymous".
@SierraTangoGuns
9 ай бұрын
Let's be honest, we all know the only reason he's being charged is because of the incompetence of the government employees and the police. If any civilian made a police report about dropping or misplacing a money bag, they'd probably just get a "well maybe you should've been more careful with your money." Government employees just can't take responsibility. They gotta drag a guy down to take attention away from their own failure.
@CapnSnackbeard
10 ай бұрын
Cops steal $250,000? Qualified immunity!
@firefly4f4
10 ай бұрын
Not QI; civil asset forfeiture
@MtgCoach
10 ай бұрын
@@firefly4f4 Good try, but wouldn't they have been required to turn in the cash to their department or is there a new standard of Personal Qualified Enrichment Asset Forfeiture they've rolled out?
@TRS-Eric
10 ай бұрын
@@MtgCoach thats why I have the non profit called The TRS-Eric Foundation for Not Giving a Shit. All civil asset forfeitures go to my non profit.
@JohnDoe-qz1ql
10 ай бұрын
@@firefly4f4 No, they were granted Qualified Immunity. They took it from their home in a search from a warrant. Warrants list items police can sieze.
@caelestigladii
10 ай бұрын
QI covers shooting at you if you act suspiciously(like suddenly reaching for a bulky object in your belt), but it does NOT cover theft. The court decision was decided over lunch or dinner though.
@bruhice6058
10 ай бұрын
Only reason he got charged was cuz it was tax money. If it was private they wouldn’t care
@jamesruddy9264
10 ай бұрын
I think you're right!
@JimPerdue14
10 ай бұрын
No. He got charged because he took money that didn't belong to him. The bag was clearly labeled with the bank logo and inside was the owners information. All he had to do was walk it back into the bank and hand it to the manager. But he chose to take it instead. That's why he was charged.
@christopherleubner6633
10 ай бұрын
Had this happen once, it was a bank bag with 7000+ in cash plus credit card receipts. That it had the receipts in it made it easy to find the buisness that owned it and thr manager was extremely happy to get it back. Apperently it was supposed to be deposited in the bank and and the assistant manager left it on their car while taking a phone call. Ooof.😂
@kurtwetzel154
10 ай бұрын
If the cops found the cash they would keep it and seize it under civil asset forfeiture. A bs reason suspicious the bag was dropped.
@Grokroot
10 ай бұрын
Exactly, the cops were just mad they didn't get to steal it first, and even if the guy had turned it in to the police, they would have stolen it under civil asset forfeiture.
@SupremeInvigilator
10 ай бұрын
If you find it, turn it in, and no one claims it, the cops still may keep it.
@daviddesmond2143
10 ай бұрын
No they would not. The cops would have to post a legal advertisement that it was found and people would usually have 30 days to claim it. We have some crooked cops but by far the majority are hard working good people who put their lives on the line to help people.
@Grokroot
10 ай бұрын
@@daviddesmond2143 The crooked cops are protected by so called "good cops" which makes them more evil as they are in a position to do something about them, and refuse.
@jamesr1021
10 ай бұрын
@@daviddesmond2143 Thank you. This channel (including Steve) has become more of a slant against law enforcement than when I first started listening. Too bad, I think Steve was doing a great job sticking to general idiots who did stupid stuff (and yes, that includes cops on a few occasions but not disproportionately).
@wallstreetbetscom8821
10 ай бұрын
Since this was lost tax revenue, the actual charge should have been "possession of stolen property" 😂
@RenDaad
10 ай бұрын
Aaaaaaaahahaha
@unbreakable7633
10 ай бұрын
I like your humor.
@zappyeats2579
10 ай бұрын
I just commented can you steal stolen property? 😂
@mwduck
10 ай бұрын
I see what you did there.
@trialnsuffering9731
10 ай бұрын
😎
@Quazee137
10 ай бұрын
When I was a teen I found a briefcase. It was locked I dropped it off at the police department. Months later I was sent $20 in the mail from the owner. I look at things like this "its not mine" and not mine to keep. Doing the right thing because it is the right thing to do. Later in my 20's I lost $1500 in the bank and lucky for me the lady that found it turned it in. The teller knew I had lost it and contacted me.
@rocktober1327
9 ай бұрын
When Ralph Crampton found a suit case full of money $100.000 on his bus and told Ed Norton about it, Norton said, I hope a poor person didn't lose it.
@tetedur377
10 ай бұрын
I have yet to hear an attorney give this advice, either to their clients, or to a general audience: "Go ahead and talk to the cops without the presence of an attorney. There is no possible way anything could go wrong, so don't worry about it."
@kevinmach730
10 ай бұрын
The larceny charge will likely not stick, but what's more infuriating to me is the fact that if you or I lost money, the police wouldn't even come out to take a report for that, let alone "investigate" a damn thing. Personally, I am curious if he came forward or they actually were able to track it down. My guess is that he no longer has the money or refuses to return it, hence the charge.
@idaiki
10 ай бұрын
What gets me is someone, probably tax payers, are going to pay more then the 5k to investigate and run this through the legal system.
@ashleysanford8645
10 ай бұрын
@@idaikiyeah unfortunately you're right about that. But the cops do crazy things like that all the time. They destroyed a woman's house because a shoplifter ran in before. And she wasn't even the criminal! And when she asked for money to fix the $60,000 in damage they did to her house the cops were like too bad so sad
@kevinkelly3481
10 ай бұрын
Lost my phone, fell out of pocket as I got into friend's car at store. Video surveillance shows someone else walking over after we drove away, picking up my phone then used my phone to access cash app and sent himself my balance ($164). I called cops, told them about video, guy has been in jail the last couple of months. Some cops do their jobs
@patrickbrogan3323
10 ай бұрын
no, you did their job! if they had to do it, absent everything you had, they would not have looked into it for 1 second! @@kevinkelly3481
@anthonyegreene
10 ай бұрын
@@kevinkelly3481I am repeatedly amazed at the number of people who don't keep their phone locked. Especially if it has immediate access to their money. 🤷🏾♂️
@MommaBird52
9 ай бұрын
I was little and my mom and dad would let me go into the post office to get the mail. There was a $20 bill on the sidewalk so I ran up to the nearest person and asked if it was theirs. Of course, he said yes. My parents were not happy because it did not belong to the man but he took it anyway. I have found stuff and always attempt to return to owner.
@occamraiser
10 ай бұрын
It's illegal in the UK to keep something you find that isn't yours. I believe it's known as 'stealing by finding'. Having said that, I don't think I've ever heard of someone being tried for it.....surely it's useful when some criminal has possession of an item they stole and says they found it.
@spart0n654
10 ай бұрын
As a teenager (during late 2000s) working for a gas station I found a $100 bill while sweeping the parking lot and when I bragged about it later the GM reported me to HR and I was told to surrender it to the company since I found it on company property while on the clock. I refused and was wrote up over it and a few months later I was fired for "poor performance"
@interstellarsurfer
10 ай бұрын
Best thing that ever happened to you. 👍
@kirke420
10 ай бұрын
I would have no moral issue if you had kept the money and kept quiet. However, imagine you hired some landscapers, and they found $100 bill in your backyard, and they bragged to you about finding it in your yard. Would you see the situation the same way?
@kingdweeb5065
10 ай бұрын
@@kirke420 Well, no, since I probably didn't lose a $100 bill in my backyard, and there shouldn't be anybody back there thats losing $100. It would be concerning. If it were just in the cul-de-sac, it'd be more comparable, and I wouldn't care.
@lucialuciferion6720
10 ай бұрын
@@kirke420 There is such a thing as wind?
@classarank7youtubeherokeyb63
10 ай бұрын
@@kirke420 So if a $100 bill gets blown into my yard and a landscaper finds it should he turn it over to me?
@calebvalesko36
10 ай бұрын
If it wasn’t the ‘tax’ money…it would have been a civil case!!!
@mattgayda2840
10 ай бұрын
It's in a bank bag, he's lucky it's not a federal case of bank robbery and destruction of banking instruments for the checks. I'm not saying that's right, just that he could be facing way more charges here with a locked bank bag in the bank parking lot.
@calebvalesko36
10 ай бұрын
@@mattgayda2840 here’s the thing though, we are going by what the town says, with the other procedures that apparently didn’t happen, it comes into question if there WAS any other documentation in the bag.🤷♂️
@mattgayda2840
10 ай бұрын
@@calebvalesko36 it was a locked bank bag in the bank parking lot and he's on video, their policy violations mean nothing besides the normal public servants abusing taxpayers without consequences.
@TheGuruStud
10 ай бұрын
Wouldn't have been any case
@zappyeats2579
10 ай бұрын
@@mattgayda2840are we sure it was a "locked" bank bag? I will admit that would make alot of difference here. But unfortunately from the facts I heard Steve say this would then be some sort of violation from the bank not the town. And even then it would be highly dependent if this was a generic deposit bag or a bag issued by the bank that essentially is still bank property.
@lanemimnaugh7486
8 ай бұрын
Like when somebody finds a dog or a puppy on the street, they think they could keep it. They disregard the fact that somebody may be frantically missing it.
@J55S
10 ай бұрын
Failing to notice any identifiable items or the bank name on the bag due to being so focused on the money that was in the bag reminded me of the cops who failed to notice the train tracks the cruiser was parked on.
@heroslippy6666
10 ай бұрын
I don't want to remember that video...
@bobsmith4185
10 ай бұрын
I wonder what happened in that case or should I say shit show
@werefrogofassyria6609
10 ай бұрын
You mean the cruiser they locked the suspect in?
@J55S
10 ай бұрын
@@heroslippy6666 The woman that was locked in it doesn't remember according to her lawyer.
@dougherendeen3241
10 ай бұрын
Not exactly the same, but I remember an old guy telling me a story once where he found a wallet, with no I.D., credit cards, etc. but some cash in the middle of a street in our college town. Goes to turn it in to the police. They start the 20 questions routine. After 15 minutes, after asking him everything but his shoe size, "What's your Social Security number?" At that point, since it was now past Midnight, the guy (and most of that town knew) there was only one cop on duty at the station, and they couldn't leave the office behind the security window, the guy said "Screw this!" and started walking away. "Hey, you can't leave!" "Am I under arrest?" "No - but where do you think you're going with that wallet?" "To the exact location I told you I found it. I'm going to leave it there. You want it, call a patrol car to pick it up - I through with your BS!"
@uzlonewolf
10 ай бұрын
No good dead goes unpunished.
@jenkinsljenkinssquire9137
10 ай бұрын
Great story and the moral is to leave it where it is or keep it. Getting "involved" always has the potential of getting you screwed.
@Zurround
10 ай бұрын
@@jenkinsljenkinssquire9137 whenever a police officer starts asking you questions and you are NOT under arrest or officially under investigation tell him that if he wants to ask you more questions he must read you your rights AND arrest you and even then you will need to be provided with a lawyer. Then he HAS to back down if he has nothing on you.
@oORiseAboveOo
10 ай бұрын
@@Zurround My dad, who was a cop, told me to never tell the police anything.
@Zurround
10 ай бұрын
@@oORiseAboveOo I wonder how low his self esteem would be, to be PART of an organization that EVEN HE DOES NOT TRUST, but he is RIGHT.
@Allegheny500
10 ай бұрын
Aside from the moral implications, most states have ordinances that require you to make some effort to find the owner before keeping whatever you found. Not doing so is usually a misdemeanor crime punishable by a fine and public service.
@willissudweeks1050
9 ай бұрын
When I was 20 and REALLY needed money I literally went to the mail and found an envelope with $300 in it. Don’t know where it came from to this day!
@living_in_revelation
9 ай бұрын
Someone decided to be your angel
@willissudweeks1050
9 ай бұрын
@@living_in_revelation Yes I always have angels showing up I am very blessed
@living_in_revelation
9 ай бұрын
@@willissudweeks1050 you're not the only one. Christ is king of kings lord of lords
@mwduck
10 ай бұрын
"A person who comes into control of property of another that he knows to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the nature or amount of the property or the identity of the recipient is guilty of larceny if, with purpose to deprive the owner thereof, he fails to take reasonable measures to restore the property to a person entitled to it." CT Gen Stat § 53a-119 (4). (2022)
@PatrickKQ4HBD
10 ай бұрын
THANK YOU! Steve, you should hire this Duck.
@hotlavatube
10 ай бұрын
Can you imagine what'd happen if the guy was pulled over on his way home and the police seized the funds (now separated from the ownership evidence) for a civil asset forfeiture? The city would want the fungible funds back from the man, the police would have turned over the funds to the federal government as part of their normal hot potato shtick, the man would have no ability to get the funds back from the police since they actually weren't his. It could become a ridiculous mess to unroll.
@roccov3614
10 ай бұрын
Well... if someone comes after you and says, "you found my money, hand it back". You can just say you handed it over to the police. Take it up with them. After all, if you find something valuable, handing it over to the police is a legitimate action you could take.
@hotlavatube
10 ай бұрын
@@roccov3614 I wonder if this would make a good movie plot. "Give me back my money. Jim Smith handed the money over to you." "He didn't hand over the money, we seized that money, it was suspected to be the profits of a crime." "Great, the crime was it had been stolen from me. I'm glad you're prosecuting him. When can I get my money back?" "Uh... we didn't prosecute him. We sued the money in court. It's ours now, a judge ruled on it and everything. Smith even signed something saying he wouldn't contest it. Quite magnimonious of him, they almost never do that." "Say what now? That's my money! Give me back my money." "Oooh, sorry, the federal government has it now..."
@tropicalco2339
10 ай бұрын
Democracy is wonderful isn’t it
@bluedoggum8373
10 ай бұрын
Charging the person who lost it makes more sense. Why do the people who are actually guilty always get away Scott free with their crimes
@mirrrorismycompetition
8 ай бұрын
i feel like no one should be charged with a crime in situations like this. instead they should be given the opportunity to return the money once it’s discovered who it belongs to.
@MAGnetICus_Attractus
10 ай бұрын
The last time I found a large sum of money in a parking lot, I had the customer service person count the money under the camera. On the way out of the store I seen the driver of the car that the money was sitting by and asked the driver if they were missing any money, the lady looked in her purse and said "I'm missing a lot of money" then I told her to go inside and tell customer service how much money is missing.
@interstellarsurfer
10 ай бұрын
Thank you for your tip to the underpaid customer service worker. 👍
@mattgayda2840
10 ай бұрын
No, you **SAW** the driver. This plague of bad verbiage and grammar is a massive problem
@stischer47
10 ай бұрын
@@mattgayda2840 Ah yes, the grammar nazis are out. This is the best you can do, Adolph?
@stevenwoodward5923
10 ай бұрын
@@mattgayda2840 Another massive problem, too many word police.
@MAGnetICus_Attractus
10 ай бұрын
@@stischer47 part of me wants to edit my post. Then part of me wants to promote weird AL "word crimes".
@rikspector
10 ай бұрын
Steve, It happened to me. I was making a deposit at a bank and when I left I found cash and checks blowing away on the ground. I took them in to the bank and asked if anyone had lost them. Some guy in a suit said yes and grabbed them out of my hand without even a thanks. Obviously he was embarrassed, but I thought as I left that I should have let the damn stuff blow away. Cheers, Rik Spector
@beastshawnee
10 ай бұрын
wow how ungrateful!
@sparksmcgee6641
10 ай бұрын
One of those situations where someonw is so stressed they're not acting eight. I did thw same thing when i lwft my wallet on a payphone in the seatle airport, had to dig out a calling card. Then walked off. Realized it walked back and a kid was taking it into the store. I was in a rush and always regret not spwnding morw timw with the kid. I did say thank you
@michaelallen1432
10 ай бұрын
Thats where you pull it back and say "hang on there a second, how do I know its yours. Tell me where the checks are from". If he can't tell you, call the cops and let them figure it out.
@maxheadroom1610
10 ай бұрын
Why should people be responsible for careless government employees
@PatrickCamblin
10 ай бұрын
Local reporting indicates the deposit-bag had the bank's name on it and papers inside to identify the owner. It is so aggrevating to leave, say, a soccer ball on a field, return 10 minutes after the game, and find it gone. As a younger man, I've been poor and found cash money (overpaid by a teller; $100 on the floor in front of a cashier (probably stuck to the bottom of the drawer when the prior cashier cashed out) and returned the money. I could only think of the hell the clerk would face when they came up short. This guy knew; charge him.
@rachelsill79
9 ай бұрын
They already charged him. Why would they need to charge him again?
@NationInDistressMay30
10 ай бұрын
Years ago I bought a jacket for $5 at a thrift store. When i got it home i found $1000 in it. Their policy was clear that you are buying it "as is... no refunds". If there was a stain added to the item then I own the stain. It is no different than if there is money added to it.
@TheRickJames
9 ай бұрын
auctions work the same way, you basically won the lottery. You did the right thing keeping it, they would have never found the rightful owner of that money.
@lindaestoll1104
9 ай бұрын
In that case yes, too hard to find rightful owner. But, in this case the money was in a bank bag in the bank’s parking lot!
@DanknDerpyGamer
9 ай бұрын
Once was at a Salvation Army, tried on a jacket when I felt something in a pocket. Reached in, and pulled out like $35... not as awesome as your find, but still pretty cool.
@onespeedlite
9 ай бұрын
In your logic, if you sold your used dresser on Craigslist and forgot to take out the diamond ring your grandparents had given you, then you should no legal right to take it back, right? In the case of a thrift store, they also don't have the legal right to keep the money either. The thrift shop should turn the money in to the police in case the original owner of the jacket is looking for the money.
@DanknDerpyGamer
9 ай бұрын
@@onespeedlite IMO cash (at least, up to a point) is a little bit trickier than that, especially in the context of a thrift store where an item of clothing might not have ANY identifying piece of information attached to it regarding its previous owner.
@FR-tb7xh
10 ай бұрын
Kind of happened to me years ago, but differently. Days before one Christmas, I found a $100 bill in the parking lot of my local market’s strip mall. I went into the market, and asked the ‘managet’ if anyone had reported the loss. He said, no, but insisted I give him the bill. I said no way. He got ornery, but I stood firm. All I could think of was some innocent teenager that had been given the bill from his grandparents for a birthday and he’d planned to spend it on loved ones for Christmas. So I took the bill directly to our local police station to add to their ‘found box.’ One year later, the police sent me a letter, saying because no one had claimed it, that it was mine to come in and pickup. I went to the station and told them to put it toward their charitable causes. They looked at me like I had 3 heads. Apparently it had never happened before.
@bobcoats2708
10 ай бұрын
Great story. $100 windfall is nice, but you had to feel even better about how you handled it.
@jayjaynella4539
10 ай бұрын
Bet the police could not believe their luck at snagging $100 for their pockets.
@FR-tb7xh
10 ай бұрын
@@bobcoats2708 I hear you, but it didn’t. The whole thing left me feeling unresolved. That money must have meant something to somebody. If not a teenager than maybe an elderly person who’d just gotten off the Council on Aging bus for their once-a-week grocery shopping.
@gorak9000
10 ай бұрын
@@jayjaynella4539 You mean to buy their margaritaville machine for the break room
@bobcoats2708
10 ай бұрын
@@FR-tb7xh Sorry to hear that. Sounds like you did the best you could under the circumstances.
@bernaclischurchill4463
9 ай бұрын
This puts me in the mind of Joey Coyle, the guy who picked up a bag of money from an armed car, when the door flew open. He was charged, but got off. He was seen laughing when he picked up the money, thus, a psychiatrist said he lost his mind. When he found the money he was unemployed. This is a true incident that happened in Phila where I live. By the way, they never found the money. He decided to leave, spent some, but when they found him, he didn't have all of the money on him, and to this day, it was never found. Mr. Coyle has since died. Ms. B. Churchill
@Eniral441
10 ай бұрын
This one is more clear-cut than I thought would be. It should still be theft given the specific documents inside. I have a bigger problem when someone gets charged for keeping the 50 dollar bill they found blowing across an empty parking lot. You can't go into the store and just ask if anyone lost $50.
@shaunhall9319
9 ай бұрын
Yeah, I found $40 once outside delivering papers. I don't know how you can determine who the owner is in a situation like that.
@annalisavajda252
8 ай бұрын
Yes only similar thing ever happened to me once was I had an hour wait before transferring buses once and took a walk and saw a bank machine mounted in an outside wall with bills left in it it was about 300 there was no receipt and it was Sunday so bank was closed I took it and waited ten minutes or so had a cigarette if anyone had run back looking for it I would have returned it but had no way to know whose it was otherwise and then I had my bus to catch too.
@lucasokeefe7935
10 ай бұрын
"Can you keep it?" The answer is only if you aren't on camera.
@patrickdurham8393
10 ай бұрын
My younger brother was walking to the corner market and spotted a ladies wallet in the ditch. Apparently she had left on her roof after pumping gas. When he got to the market he alerted the clerk he'd found it. She opened the wallet to find the name of the owner and also saw 5. $100 bills. She broke one into $20s and put it back in the wallet. The lady came back, thanked and praised my brother then lamented the fact she only had hundreds. She burst out laughing when she saw the $20s and gave my brother a C-note instead.
@dipndalip
10 ай бұрын
This is definitely a great reason why I love reading the comments. Thank you for this story
@justme5384
10 ай бұрын
What's a C note?
@jayess7873
10 ай бұрын
C is Roman Numeral for 100. C Note is a $100 bill.
@justme5384
10 ай бұрын
@@jayess7873 Gotcha
@patrickdurham8393
10 ай бұрын
@@justme5384 $100 bill
@kgambo5157
10 ай бұрын
Steve, when I was a kid , me and a friend got hired to rip interior boards out of 6 small wood garages a church leader was tearing down. Well when we tore down some boards in one garage there was a bunch of glass jars with cash and silver coins, about 30,000 and the coins which we later realized probably were worth more. You never seen two kids rip through those garages faster after finding that.We split it the money and went home but folks made us return it to the property owner, they thought we'd get a reward but we each got $ 100 and that got our folks kinda mad.
@Erinspeedy
8 ай бұрын
In 2004, my mom lost $3,500 around the Christmas holiday when we were out shopping. My mom was devastated because we were out shopping! As a family that was a tough Christmas for us. We CRIED😔
@EvilTwin559
10 ай бұрын
I once found $1,200 in a bank deposit bag. There were no recipients or identifying papers in it. I was outside a Burlington Coat Factory so I took it into the store and turned it in. I was met with a frazzled manager that had lost the money and was grateful to have it back. I too thought it was my lucky day but common sense told me it would probably not be a good idea to just keep the money. If I had however, I would not have spoken to the cops.
@Kangaroojack1986
10 ай бұрын
The right thing to do is turn it in. This story is upsetting because the town would never help an average citizen get back lost money. But since it was the city, they used every resource they had to get the money back. Probably spent well over the amount lost just on the detectives that spent months investigating 😂
@FRANKHDIETRICH
10 ай бұрын
here are cameras everywhere, especially banks.
@bergmanoswell879
10 ай бұрын
@@FRANKHDIETRICH Makes me tempted to put $20 in a bag marked with my name, with a filled out deposit slip, and drop it on the floor of that bank. Maybe linger nearby with a video camera. Would the police charge someone who picked it up and kept it? Would the bank deposit it according to the deposit slip if they found that on the floor of their lobby? Would the bank get in trouble if they didn't? Somehow I doubt it.
@scottmcshannon6821
10 ай бұрын
so they had no proof the money was theirs, but they didnt turn it down.? did they even look? it took you less than a minute to find them but they were unable to find the money? or were they so inept they didnt realize yet that they had thrown all that money away? or was the amount so small do them that they didnt bother looking?
@FRANKHDIETRICH
10 ай бұрын
Yep.@@bergmanoswell879
@vivaldi1948
10 ай бұрын
Years ago around Christmas time I found a wallet in a parking lot and when I opened it I looked at the ID to see who the owner was and saw that there was a decent amount of money. Didn't touch the money or credit cards. The next day I brought it to the police station where the person lived. I was about to leave the station and they asked if I wanted to leave my information in case they wanted to thank me, which I did. A few days later when I came home there was a gift bag hanging from my door knob. It contained a quaint Santa Claus and a bottle of wine and a lovely thank you card. It made my day.
@highschoolbigshot
10 ай бұрын
Who lives at the police station?
@Trainwheel_Time
10 ай бұрын
@@highschoolbigshotThe police station.... of the town or city in which the person who lost the wallet lived. You know, because that info was on the I.D. in the wallet that was lost.
@mckenziekeith7434
10 ай бұрын
@@highschoolbigshot LOL. I had to read it twice. They mean at the police station local to the person who lost the wallet.
@DeepDishPizza
8 ай бұрын
I found close to $600k in a bag outside a flower shop when I lived in Chicago. It was 1992 and I was 12 years old. I took the bag home, never told a soul, and counted it in the middle of night and put it in a new bag and shoved in under my bed in the corner. Didn’t use the money until I was 27. I’m 43 now and retired because of it.
@hirotakasugi4891
9 ай бұрын
When I see something on the ground of value, I become suspicious.
@tyrport
10 ай бұрын
The incompetence of the tax official to leave money on the ground. This is hilarious
@TimoRutanen
10 ай бұрын
Went into the bank, didn't have the money, and .. left ? Without searching the parking lot ? Or maybe they were queuing in the bank and hadn't noticed it's missing yet.
@chrislutz416
10 ай бұрын
@@TimoRutanen Most likely they were supposed to put it in the bank deposit box. Which means it was probably there from the night before.
@dansanger5340
10 ай бұрын
The guy wasn't brought up right. I wonder how many bicycles and other unattended property he's "found" in his life. It was in a bank bag in a bank parking lot. It obviously belonged to someone.
@genxx2724
10 ай бұрын
Exactly. And they’ll be contacting that bank about it. So it will be easy for it to be returned to the owner.
@thentil
10 ай бұрын
Thank you. Those of us raised to be honest and who have some empathy ("how would I feel if I lost 5k") sure are a dying breed.
@Slowpoke3x
10 ай бұрын
Yea a random twenty dollar you find on an empty street, obviously belong to someone. It's not a question if he stole it. Because he didn't , it's a question of if it was reasonable that he saw anything that would lead him to suspect that he could locate the owner. Because you know if you turn anything in to the police without knowing who owns the thing, the best thing that could happen is that is sits in a evidence locker forever. The worst thing that probably happens more often is that in ends up in their pockets, " thank you for the delivery, as thanks we might just hassle you for no reason, pray that we don't charge you with a crime and you better not ask about it again, because tonight I'm getting steak". Now if there actually were documents in the bag that points in the right direction, and the bag had some sort of logo or writing that matches the bank. He has no excuse. But it's still too much to charge him with larceny. All he has to do is return the documents,bag and the cash. If he spent it then he owes them.
@George-nt8uw
10 ай бұрын
And yet, if you are carrying a large amount cash and the police grabs and confiscate it, that's legal. What a country.
@jimkelly4214
2 ай бұрын
That is why I'm glad I never spent time in the military. Any country where that happens is not worth making the ultimate sacrifice for.
@snookysnax
9 ай бұрын
the guy had to think that some body lost it, but said, F it, I will keep it. Honesty is what defines one's character.
@marlenestewart7442
10 ай бұрын
While waiting for me to finish in the beauty salon, my kids were playing in the skywalk to the mall parking lot (which was completely visible to the chair I was in). My son found a roll of $ on the floor, amounting to about $100. We told the salon management & the mall info desk of the find and if anyone asked for it, they could give out my contact info. No one ever did. Someone dropped their shopping money, most likely.
@andybonneau9209
10 ай бұрын
The fact that it had identifying information inside the bag and he still took it is wrong and shows intent.
@joshuastanton6731
10 ай бұрын
No it doesn’t.
@EnthalpyAndEntropy
10 ай бұрын
@@joshuastanton6731yes it does.
@fakjbf3129
10 ай бұрын
@@joshuastanton6731 Look up statute 53a-119 subsection 4 in Connecticut. Not taking reasonable measures to locate the owner makes this larceny. Even without the deposit slips he should have taken it into the bank and asked if someone was looking for it. He utterly failed to meet his legal obligations under state law and will almost certainly be successfully prosecuted.
@russlehman2070
10 ай бұрын
I can't say I know what the law is about this, but ethically, if there is identifying information, returning it to the owner is the right thing to do. In the absence of any identifying information, I'd be inclined to keep the money and keep my mouth shut.
@KB-ql8cx
10 ай бұрын
@@joshuastanton6731yeah it does
@Jerroh6
10 ай бұрын
He could tell them he thought the money was being used for drugs so he kept it to protect society and let them sue him to get the money back and prove the money is actually theirs.
@interstellarsurfer
10 ай бұрын
That only works when you have a badge, unfortunately.
@chrislutz416
10 ай бұрын
@@interstellarsurfer But what happens if he hires a drug sniffing dog and the dog responds? Then you contact another police dept. with jurisdiction and claim you found drug money. You don't get the money, but the intra-gov't fighting will be epic.
@allanpatterson7653
4 ай бұрын
@@chrislutz416pretty funny joke .
@davehaggerty3405
10 ай бұрын
“Finders keepers” is a thief’s philosophy. You can find all kinds of stuff that ain’t yours.
@seanthompson1197
8 ай бұрын
Most I ever found was 50 bucks. It was blowing towards me as I was walking out to change the trash in the gas station lot. I looked around and no one was looking around so I pocketed it. Proceeded to change the trash and when I got to the final set of pumps I saw a guy in a work van urgently searching his van. I asked what he was looking for and he kinda ignored me. I then asked if it was money and he turned around. I asked him how much and it was $50. Hurt to hand it over, but I gotta be able to sleep at night. He was super thankful and said he would come back to buy me lunch in the future. Never showed but I'm happy with how it turned out.
@kevinmach730
10 ай бұрын
Some 25 years ago, I remember reading a story where a guy returned an unused portion of toothpaste to a big company for his refund as a dissatisfied customer. When they went to issue is $3 refund, a clerical error ensued and some entered his zip code as the dollar amount. As this happened to be in California, it ended up being like 90k. The guy cashed the check and skipped town. 😂
@troyhoneck520
10 ай бұрын
LEGEND!!!
@Voltaic_Fire
10 ай бұрын
Can't blame him.
@_PatrickO
10 ай бұрын
They got what they wanted. He was quite satisfied after they sent him that check.
@donwayne1357
10 ай бұрын
@@_PatrickO I sent a tube of lube I wasn't happy with back to to the store. Good lube is the best with a left-handed twisty and it'll pop right off.
@truthsRsung
10 ай бұрын
Do you remember reading/watching "Robin Hood?" The Sheriff would have had their head on a pole for this gross incompetence (or conspiring of these two.) Alternatively, the King would cover their appointee with a twist on the truth and vilify a lowly peasant. Which do you think it is?
@joshuapatrick682
10 ай бұрын
Turns out “Finder’s, Keepers” is not a constitutionally protected right. Amendment 28?
@Hatbox948
10 ай бұрын
Only for cops apparently.
@Fazzel
10 ай бұрын
He should have claimed it under the laws of maritime salvage.
@constitutionalli7522
10 ай бұрын
He was simply removing the subject that was impeding the flow of traffic
@scotthannan8669
10 ай бұрын
“Dibs” should also be there
@mwduck
10 ай бұрын
It might be in some jurisdictions, depending on the nature of the property (Mislaid? Lost? Abandoned?)
@jasrak221
2 ай бұрын
I am 57 yrs old too and it reminds me of an Andy Griffith Show episode (about 30 yrs ago). Opie found some cash and with his Pa being the law looked up the proper procedure. and it was turn it in, place an ad in the paper and if no one claimed it within 30 days he got to keep it. I reckon the man being charged didn't see that episode.
@adaboy4z
10 ай бұрын
I found a $100 bill in my alley while mowing. I kept it. Found a gold bracelet had it appraised at $400, I kept it.
@draken882000
10 ай бұрын
Steve is right about one thing, he really shouldn't talked to the police without consel. I had jury duty earlier this month. In that case, 2 guys got into an argument over money, a gun came into play, and one guy got shot. How'd the police turn the investigation? The defendant told the cops that he'd grabbed the gun and thrown it away because he didn't want his prints on it.
@darcam
10 ай бұрын
Today it seems that even if your innocent, heck possibly even the victim in some cases, it's may be best to have legal counsel before answering questions. It may seem strange but it you never know what the Cops or DA agenda will be towards any issues that may arise. Things may be a self defense in the eyes of most people, but the authorities may have ideologies that don't see things in that manner.
@marcuslinton310
10 ай бұрын
@@darcam Nobody needs a lawyer to know you always remain silent.
@darcam
10 ай бұрын
@@marcuslinton310 Granted, but remaining silent doesn't mean you won't be arrested and hauled of to jail and then to court. So in some point in that process you'll need or want to have legal counsel. I don't believe just sitting in court saying nothing during your trial with no one representing you except the air will help much.
@marcuslinton310
10 ай бұрын
@@darcam You literally said "best to have legal counsel before answering questions". So exactly when are these questions being asked that you reference? Because I doubt the police are going to wait around for your attorney to show up while at your door asking questions. No legit attorney is going to even dish out advice on what to say if you cold call them about a situation, other then to remain silent. So, you either talk or remain silent, which is it? Again, I don't need a lawyer at this point to tell me to remain silent. This is usually the scenario where people try and talk their way out of being arrested, which isn't very smart and you end up arrested anyway. Simple, innocent remarks are always twisted against you, everything gets twisted, turned, and mangled to end up against you. Now, once you end up in custody for whatever reason, well... DUH! Call a lawyer. But up until you are officially arrested, don't answer jack squat, not even if you're just invited down to the station for a voluntary chat.
@genespell4340
10 ай бұрын
@@darcamif you never tell anyone, absolutely never speak of the money, tuck it away and spend it slowly, the police will not ever know you found it. If they ask, say I would love to find some money that easy. I have to work for mine. Y'all have a good day and good luck with your investigation.
@NuclearPrime360
10 ай бұрын
From the Connecticut statute on larceny: Acquiring property lost, mislaid or delivered by mistake. A person who comes into control of property of another that he knows to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the nature or amount of the property or the identity of the recipient is guilty of larceny if, with purpose to deprive the owner thereof, he fails to take reasonable measures to restore the property to a person entitled to it. So, since the bag had the bank logo on it, you can probably easily convince a jury that it would have been reasonable to turn the bag into the bank. Steve’s right, he needed an attorney present before he talked to the cops.
@tobitsdogcasenerd
10 ай бұрын
Nice work.
@KokotTheMonkey
10 ай бұрын
"Steve’s right, he needed an attorney present before he talked to the cops." Or, he shouldn't have taken something that wasn't his.
@someone-ji2zb
10 ай бұрын
Yea, it would seem he buried himself by saying he felt no obligation to return it, when in reality the law required him to act whether he felt that way or not
@jerkface38
10 ай бұрын
@@KokotTheMonkeyFinders keepers
@adotintheshark4848
10 ай бұрын
So, if you can tell who it belongs to, then turn it in. If you can't tell, then keep a tight lip..and the money.
@karlwolfenstein4496
5 ай бұрын
Years ago when I was in the Navy a shipmate found a Bank Truck bag by the side of the road. Being a good guy, he took it to the police to turn it in. They arrested him and charged him with theft. He sat in jail for 2 weeks until the detectives figured out one of the guards tossed it out of the truck as he (the guard) was angry with the company and was being vindictive. When they figured it out, they let him go with no apology. When he got back to the ship he was court martialed for being UA for 13 days, but the charges were mercifully dismissed due to the circumstances. Makes you wonder why people don't like the police.
@capitolemiproducer
9 ай бұрын
. Chapter 859 of the CT General Statutes, titled "Lost and Unclaimed Property" includes Section 50-10, "Duties of finder." The statute says "Any person who finds and takes possession of any article of the value of one dollar or more shall report the finding of such article to the police department of the municipality in which he finds such article within forty-eight hours from the time of such finding." The finder is also required to tell police the date, time and location where the item was found, and hand over the item within one week of finding it. "Any person who violates or fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor," the statute reads.
@ecay
10 ай бұрын
If this hadn't been tax money from the city I don't think they would have even done anything about it
@FUGP72
10 ай бұрын
If the owner came forward with their explanation...yes they would have.
@Traderjoe
10 ай бұрын
To me, if there’s no identifying documents as to who the owner is, then if you were to ask the first person who you saw, they’d likely say it was theirs. Because of that likelihood, it might as well be yours. But it f it said the name or organization that it belonged to… I would honestly feel guilty about keeping it. Same with a $100 bill you find on the sidewalk. If you didn’t see someone drop it and there’s no name connected to it, it is not wrong to keep it. But if you then saw an old lady frantically looking around for it, I would also return it to her.
@Stephanie-vn6ir
10 ай бұрын
That's exactly what I would do, and that would be the right thing to do.😊
@mikemayo4812
10 ай бұрын
You ask them how much they lost. If they give you a precise amount, it is likely theirs.
@solandri69
10 ай бұрын
Just because someone dropped an item does not mean they immediately lose ownership of it. A lot of places have laws requiring you to turn lost items you find in to the police. If it's not collected by the owner within a certain period of time, it becomes yours. But if you don't turn it in to the police and just keep it, it becomes theft.
@tyorintv
10 ай бұрын
Connecticut's larceny statute has a subsection which includes acquiring property which was lost, mislaid, or delivered under mistake in the definition of wrongfully appropriated property. Here in Texas, we use whether a reasonable person would believe the property belongs to another...so cell phones, wallets, bank deposit bags, things like that.
@ceetruth7419
9 ай бұрын
Anybody who comes into any type of money … if they aren’t authorized to have that money … then all of a sudden a person is being charged with crimes!
@iabconsulting
10 ай бұрын
Personally, If I would have seen the bank logo, I would have brought the bag to the bank and let them figure it out.
@genxx2724
10 ай бұрын
Logo or not, I would have taken it inside. It was found in the bank parking lot, not a random spot on the city street.
@TheRagingPlatypus
10 ай бұрын
In college, I found a purse in my front yard. I went through it and found money, cards and an ID. I called her and left a message, then called the police. The police came then she came storming up accusing me of stealing it. The cops read her the riot act explaining that no one would steal a purse, call the police and the person and return 8t with all the money.
@biruss
10 ай бұрын
Should have cited her for disorderly conduct
@bradhunt5405
10 ай бұрын
Hey Steve. Good to see you. Hope all is well.
@karmad4491
8 ай бұрын
Two different times I dropped my wallet in Hannaford's parking lot. I normally don't have more than $20 in my wallet. But these two times, I had $350 and then $150. Those are significant amounts of money for me. Turned in to customer service both times - cash & credit cards intact! THANK YOU! The second time was actually this week.
@boobyhatch7897
9 ай бұрын
Thanks for all the fun stories.,Steve Your Lady has a great voice Hello from SanDiego
@missinformed9550
10 ай бұрын
While at the bank drive-thru, the person ahead of me left an envelope of cash in the vessel, which I promptly returned, along with my deposit. There were no cameras, so while a person could have deniability and act as though the money wasn't in there, I could never in good conscience steal something that is not mine.
@jimmyzhao2673
10 ай бұрын
Good work !
@mwduck
10 ай бұрын
You are a great American.
@bikeman1x11
10 ай бұрын
my thought is that if the owner could be found it should be returned but a stray bill or a large sum that was likely ill gotten is fair gasme
@insideoutsideupsidedown2218
10 ай бұрын
Yes, but you saw that person.
@missinformed9550
10 ай бұрын
@@insideoutsideupsidedown2218 There was nobody there when I drove up, just a fat wad of money in the container. There is no way that I could take anything that was not mine, regardless of the circumstances.
@USARealityCheck
10 ай бұрын
In many jurisdictions, you are supposed to turn found property in to the police and get a receipt. If no one claims it after a period of time, you get to keep it.
@montezuma6962
10 ай бұрын
No thanks. Walking into a police station is a great way to get tased, pepper sprayed, and stomped on the back of the head while in cuffs.
@tropicalco2339
10 ай бұрын
We know who will to keep it, the blue line brotherhood
@veronicaBolanos-mc4fc
10 ай бұрын
Keep it? That's before police steal it.
@bemame0119
10 ай бұрын
The big question is, who was the town employee who dropped the money and why was that employee so irresponsible???
@noxproductions6851
9 ай бұрын
absolutely no way those charges will stick, also a conviction for it would open the gates for so many more ridiculous "theft" arrests
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