What charges can be brought against a person who found a wallet in a parking lot?
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What charges can be brought against a person who found a wallet in a parking lot?
Found a wallet in a shopping cart
unattended and took it, took the cash
and threw the wallet out
Asked on May 10, 2018 under Criminal Law, Massachusetts
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Theft: by your actions, you clearly indicated that you knew the money belonged to somone else, most likely knew or could tell the identity of the person to whom it belonged (since the wallet likely had something identifying him or her in it, and also know the money was not simply deliberately "abandoned" for anyone to take--if it was in a wallet, it was accidentally left in the cart. In short, you stole money which you knew belonged to someone else. What category or severity of theft it was will depend on how much you stole.
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