A Hefty Bag
Charlotte, NC
A visitor at someone’s home asked to use the restroom but did not really need to go. Instead he went into the victim’s room and stole $9,000 out of the garbage can. Trash raiding, no matter how lucrative, is not really a crime.
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December 9th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Ummm, actually, until the trash can is put on the curb, it is still private property, therefore it IS a crime. Dumbass. You’re supposed to report on blotter items, not pass legal judgment. What’re you, a second-year law student, or a frickin’ journalism major?! Know your role and don’t exceed the boundaries, or you’ll have some idiots believing that your spoutings are law instead of uninformed opinion… (Just in case clarification is required, this diatribe is pointed, of course, at the author of the original post, not our friend Travis)
December 10th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Well said, Mike…
December 12th, 2007 at 3:50 am
I concur Mike… But if I may add that a trash can is not a good hiding spot, especially in this situation.
Dumpster diver or pilferer–It’s a crime unless you asked first. A fella around the corner had placed a chair near the curb for someone to pick up for refurbishing and some woman came along and took it assuming it was meant for the trash, but their neighbor had noticed what was going on and wrote down the license number and she was contacted by the law and told to return it or be cited for it. Only reason I know this is, I seen the owners response written on a note taped to the door while I was helping my kid deliver newspapers.