Girl in Dallas finds $2000, turns it in. Owner can't be found, so the city keeps it - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Wii60;29759355]if it was a small amount or something sure (a penny to around 5$ or so)[/QUOTE] Bullshit if you found a penny you'd toss it back on the ground.

That's right kids, turn in that money! That way you don't get jack shit.

[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;29764466]Hmmm... new TV for some teenager, or going toward fixing some roads. I know which is more useful to ME. Sucks to be her I guess?[/QUOTE] Yeah man, I mean shit they can fill a whole what, 1 pothole with that much money? [editline]12th May 2011[/editline] thats a whole lot of pothole

i woulda kept it

I bet its going back into the mayor's paycheck.

[QUOTE=5killer;29759270]I hope you guys realize that finders keepers isn't a real legal precedent.[/QUOTE] So basically every country doesn't legally own land? They found the land, then kept it.

Police station around here sets up bait wallets, if you keep the stuff they give you a fine and take it, if you turn it in they give you the money ($100 or so). I'd be too scared to take a wallet with an ID in it :ohdear: Although an envelope full of money, Imma keep that

I found ten bucks in a snowdrift outside my school one day, used it to buy a lunch.

Found a purse on a bus once and handed it to the driver without checking... immediately regretted it because i realised i didn't have any money of my own. Then a couple of years later the uni shop gave me far too much change so I gave it back to them. Same university shop that rejected my application for a job there a few weeks later. Seriously, I'm not saying its a good thing, but I'm keeping it the next time someone makes a mistake.

They even say that they normally would give it back.

[QUOTE=CjienX;29759367]I found a wallet with $100 and no ID in there, the police department held it for a week and then called me to say it was mine to take if I wanted it because they couldn't find the owner. I still use that wallet today.[/QUOTE] Does the wallet have Spongebob Squarepants on it? If so, it's mine. :(

[QUOTE=Keegs;29766897]Police station around here sets up bait wallets, if you keep the stuff they give you a fine and take it, if you turn it in they give you the money ($100 or so). I'd be too scared to take a wallet with an ID in it :ohdear: Although an envelope full of money, Imma keep that[/QUOTE] How is that not entrapment? I don't think you even legally have to return a wallet you found as long as you don't steal their identity or use their credit cards, the cash is just cash, if it isn't protected in an account that's their fault, you should keep better track of a wallet with a couple hundred bucks in it if you really feel the need to carry that much on you.

[QUOTE=CjienX;29759130][url]http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Dallas-decides-to-keep-cash-found-by-honest-teen-121609364.html[/url] Come on Texas, can't you do SOMETHING right for a change?[/QUOTE] Oh just shut the fuck up with this Texas bashing [editline]11th May 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=CjienX;29767178]How is that not entrapment? I don't think you even legally have to return a wallet you found as long as you don't steal their identity or use their credit cards, the cash is just cash, if it isn't protected in an account that's their fault, you should keep better track of a wallet with a couple hundred bucks in it if you really feel the need to carry that much on you.[/QUOTE] Uhh... not It's not entrapment since the finder made no attempt to turn it in [editline]11th May 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=toaster468;29766775]So basically every country doesn't legally own land? They found the land, then kept it.[/QUOTE] Uhh, no, last time I checked Indians killed Europeans from sea to shining sea [editline]11th May 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=CjienX;29764564]It was said in the article that the state kept it, schools get jack shit from state money[/QUOTE] No it didn't you twat, it said it went to the City, you are just using this as a weak fucking excuse to bash Texas out of clear ignorance of the facts presented in the article

How the flying fuck would you even find the owner short of a few fingerprints IF they were on file. (Many people's are but still...) [editline]11th May 2011[/editline] For the third time, ashamed of my state.

[QUOTE=Broseph_;29767318]Uhh... not It's not entrapment since the finder made no attempt to turn it in[/QUOTE] But for the police to deliberately set up a scenario in which you could keep the money and thus be fined constitutes entrapment- if it weren't for the police, you couldn't have committed the felony.

[QUOTE=Broseph_;29767318]Oh just shut the fuck up with this Texas bashing [editline]11th May 2011[/editline] Uhh... not It's not entrapment since the finder made no attempt to turn it in [editline]11th May 2011[/editline] Uhh, no, last time I checked Indians killed Europeans from sea to shining sea [editline]11th May 2011[/editline] No it didn't you twat, it said it went to the City, you are just using this as a weak fucking excuse to bash Texas out of clear ignorance of the facts presented in the article[/QUOTE] So tell Texans to stop doing stupid shit? It is entrapment, they're putting out wallets and if you don't return them you get fined. That's the same concept of asking if you want to buy weed and if you say yes you get arrested. Not to mention I doubt it's even a legal requirement to return it to the cops. Yes it did, are you illiterate? You're typing big words so you seem to at least think you know english [quote]On Tuesday, police said under a new city policy, the unclaimed money will go into Dallas' general fund — [b]not back to the person who found it, as in years past.[/b][/quote] The bit about school getting jack shit is just a fact based on statistics showing how the money is spent.

[QUOTE=Chickens!;29759186] If it were me I'd give it back, good job you got lucky and did the right thing have a reward.[/QUOTE] I would keep that shit. Someone just doesn't "lose" two-thousand dollars. Finders. Keepers.

Well, at least she learned her lesson.

[QUOTE=Dude902;29765518]I want to know what lesson he wanted his daughter to learn from this. Sounds to me like he just wanted in on the money too.[/QUOTE] Uh, I'm pretty sure that's exactly what he's saying, he's saying that they should have given her something as a reward to show her that being honest pays off, instead they just patted her on the back and took the money that was rightfully hers.

[QUOTE=CjienX;29760786]Why not just buy more games? He has shitty reasoning, I'd rather have more games but share it with somebody than have less games but have it all to myself.[/QUOTE] This was like 2003, so I don't remember the exact reason. We get home from school, finish homework, and we both want to play a game. He has his own to play, and I have my own.

[QUOTE=Habsburg;29760851]But Bioware is Canadian.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.google.com/search?q=Bioware+austin&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a[/url]

[QUOTE=CjienX;29767663]It is entrapment, they're putting out wallets and if you don't return them you get fined. That's the same concept of asking if you want to buy weed and if you say yes you get arrested. Not to mention I doubt it's even a legal requirement to return it to the cops. Yes it did, are you illiterate? You're typing big words so you seem to at least think you know english.[/QUOTE] You sir, are a fucking idiot, and have no idea what entrapment is in any legal sense of the word Entrapment is when they tell you to go take it and arrest you when you do Leaving a wallet out and waiting in the bushes for someone to take it isn't [QUOTE=CjienX;29767663]The bit about school getting jack shit is just a fact based on statistics showing how the money is spent.[/QUOTE] So explain to me how the fuck this is going to the state and not the city, better yet, how the fuck a single city represents an entire state?

[QUOTE=Broseph_;29774319]You sir, are a fucking idiot, and have no idea what entrapment is in any legal sense of the word Entrapment is when they tell you to go take it and arrest you when you do [b]Leaving a wallet out and waiting in the bushes for someone to take it isn't[/b] So explain to me how the fuck this is going to the state and not the city, better yet, how the fuck a single city represents an entire state?[/QUOTE] It is, it's the same with leaving a bike unlocked and when someone drives off with it, arrest him. It's illegal where I live, the Police can't do that because it's entrapment.

I went to Shepton for highschool, small worlds haha.

[QUOTE=mobrockers2;29774368]It is, it's the same with leaving a bike unlocked and when someone drives off with it, arrest him. It's illegal where I live, the Police can't do that because it's entrapment.[/QUOTE] No it isn't, you don't have the right to steal property simply because the police left it unattended

I found a 120 bucks in my HS after a play. I turned it into the office, and a month later I get a call back saying they couldn't find who's it was, so they let me keep it.

back in middle school I found $80 in the bus loading area. I kept it

[QUOTE=Broseph_;29780241]No it isn't, you don't have the right to steal property simply because the police left it unattended[/QUOTE] If the police deliberately leave a bike unlocked and you steal it, they are not allowed to fine you. I am talking about where I live.

I heard that because the city kept the money a lot of people have been donating money to her. I don't have the source on me; it's strictly hearsay, but I'd like to think it's true. Edit: Saw on the evening news that she's gotten over $10,000 in donations. Holy shit.

Wait I thought it was a legal thing that if you found money and no one claims it within X amount of days then it's your money to keep