Results: A man found $5K in a parking lot. He was arrested three months later.
A Connecticut man says it felt like he won the lottery when he discovered nearly $5,000 in cash, but police said it was clearly marked with a bank’s insignia. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-found-5k-parking-lot-was-arrested-three-months-later-rcna102707
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A Connecticut man discovered a bag with nearly $5,000 in cash lying in a parking lot and kept it. Three months later, he has been charged with larceny. The bag, which Trumbull Police said was clearly marked with a bank's insignia and found outside the same bank, contained cash from the town's tax department. There were also "numerous documents" inside identifying the rightful owner of the cash as the town of Trumbull, police said. The man, Robert Withington, 56, of Trumbull, contends he didn't steal the money and didn't notice anything inside the bag indicating who the owner was. If you found a bag of money in a bank parking lot, what would you do?
Bring it into the bank
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1192 votes
Call the police
34%
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929 votes
Take it
17%
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467 votes
Other (please specify)
4%
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112 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 1.48% | 40 | |
| not sure | 0.22% | 6 |
| Depends | 0.15% | 4 |
| don't know | 0.11% | 3 |
| na | 0.07% | 2 |
| Leave it alone | 0.07% | 2 |
| undecided | 0.07% | 2 |
| Depends on the type of bag | 0.04% | 1 |
| In my CURRENT financial situation probably (most likely) take it, but by my nature more than likely bring to the bank. | 0.04% | 1 |
| depends on the situation | 0.04% | 1 |
| I don't know depends on financial situation | 0.04% | 1 |
| I don't know, there are too many variables. | 0.04% | 1 |
| take it to the police station if it was an umarked bag, in this situation with the banks logo on it I would have taken it inside the bank | 0.04% | 1 |
| I’m not sure | 0.04% | 1 |
| Think about it then do what my gut tells me | 0.04% | 1 |
| Ignore it. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Return it to the rightful owner. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Call the police and tell them that you are bringing it into bank and will wait with manager | 0.04% | 1 |
| ??? | 0.04% | 1 |
| hide it for 3 years | 0.04% | 1 |
| Tough decision | 0.04% | 1 |
| none | 0.04% | 1 |
| Put it on social media and weight for someone to contact me with identifying factors . | 0.04% | 1 |
| Donate it to a church anonymously | 0.04% | 1 |
| verify the bag | 0.04% | 1 |
| I'd bring it into the bank and call the police | 0.04% | 1 |
| depends if it has any info included with the bag | 0.04% | 1 |
| Depending on how much, take home, roll around in it, take pictures, then return it all to the bank. How often does that chance come around? | 0.04% | 1 |
| Do some investigation with the bank and police before taking the next step. If the name was inside the bag I would definitely bring it back to the bank. | 0.04% | 1 |
| try to find to find out who may have lost it | 0.04% | 1 |
| Idk | 0.04% | 1 |
| depends if there is any ID inside | 0.04% | 1 |
| Iam not sure what I would do. | 0.04% | 1 |
| I'm not sure what I would do. I would call a friend and ask for advice | 0.04% | 1 |
| Try to find the rightful owner | 0.04% | 1 |
| depends on how much, minor amount keep, big amount go to police | 0.04% | 1 |
| Take off all of my clothes, take my picture rolling around in all the money, then see if they still want it back. | 0.04% | 1 |
| Hide it and shut up | 0.04% | 1 |
| Not sure, depends on the circumstance | 0.04% | 1 |
| NOT A CLUE | 0.04% | 1 |
| Not sire | 0.04% | 1 |
| Tell the bank about it | 0.04% | 1 |
| look for identity | 0.04% | 1 |
| Make my best efforts to return it to its rightful owner directly (police only after recording all info) | 0.04% | 1 |
| Maybe keep it depending on if it didn’t he proof of the owner in the bag | 0.04% | 1 |
| It would depend on all the factors, but I would try to get it back to who owned it. | 0.04% | 1 |
| nothing | 0.04% | 1 |
| pass out & pee my pants | 0.04% | 1 |
| I wouldn't pick up anything off the ground. | 0.04% | 1 |
| do not know | 0.04% | 1 |
| u/k | 0.04% | 1 |
| Check for any identifying paper | 0.04% | 1 |
| I would ask if anyone lost it and if they knew how much | 0.04% | 1 |
| tell the bank im not touching it | 0.04% | 1 |
| Donate it | 0.04% | 1 |
| I'm not sure who I'd trust to turn it into | 0.04% | 1 |
| Depends on whether it is clearly marked as belonging to a bank or armoured car company | 0.04% | 1 |
| I would report it to the police but not tell them how much was in the bag, let the person who lost it tell either you or the police, this would be the case if there was nothing in the bag to identify the oawner | 0.04% | 1 |
| Turn it in to police. | 0.04% | 1 |
| leave it | 0.04% | 1 |
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Withington was charged Friday with third-degree larceny, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and up to $5,000 in fines. Do you agree with the charges? Yes
28%
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762 votes
No
40%
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1092 votes
Undecided
31%
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846 votes
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