Original Poster... you sound like an honest guy. You know where your heart is, but I'll tell you from more than one experience, you don't know another man's intentions. You should have kept it and just given them the description and your phone number.
I have more than one example but here's the gun related one:
I found a pistol once and took it to the police. I told them I'd like to hang onto it unless it was reported stolen and they said that'd be fine. As I waited in the lobby, they took it back behind closed doors to run a check on it. A few minutes later, the guy comes back out and tells me that it's clean. Not stolen or used in a crime.
Ok... so, where's the pistol? Bald faced liar goes on to tell me that though it wasnt reported stolen, it could have been stolen and just not reported or used in a crime that has not yet been reported and that they were keeping it, no ifs ands or buts. I was pretty much floored. I replayed the conversation aloud but it didnt matter a bit. I was told I could talk to the chief if I had a problem with it. I did, but that pretty much went worse than the previous encounter.
It was pretty much the last straw for me. Who knows what ever became of it. Most likely a drop gun judging the integrity of the officer handling the situation.
I found out many month later I could have filed a "Writ of Recompense" and the state would have had to legally prove they had the right to literally steal what was effectively my property until found to be stolen or lost. I'm not angered that I could not keep the pistol. Sure, it would have been cool (even if it was a broken piece of shtuff), but I wanted to find the owner.
From here on out, I find something, I hold onto it until claimed. I check lost and found on Craigslist and the local paper. If its worth some money, I'll post an ad. I know where my heart is...
I have more than one example but here's the gun related one:
I found a pistol once and took it to the police. I told them I'd like to hang onto it unless it was reported stolen and they said that'd be fine. As I waited in the lobby, they took it back behind closed doors to run a check on it. A few minutes later, the guy comes back out and tells me that it's clean. Not stolen or used in a crime.
Ok... so, where's the pistol? Bald faced liar goes on to tell me that though it wasnt reported stolen, it could have been stolen and just not reported or used in a crime that has not yet been reported and that they were keeping it, no ifs ands or buts. I was pretty much floored. I replayed the conversation aloud but it didnt matter a bit. I was told I could talk to the chief if I had a problem with it. I did, but that pretty much went worse than the previous encounter.
It was pretty much the last straw for me. Who knows what ever became of it. Most likely a drop gun judging the integrity of the officer handling the situation.
I found out many month later I could have filed a "Writ of Recompense" and the state would have had to legally prove they had the right to literally steal what was effectively my property until found to be stolen or lost. I'm not angered that I could not keep the pistol. Sure, it would have been cool (even if it was a broken piece of shtuff), but I wanted to find the owner.
From here on out, I find something, I hold onto it until claimed. I check lost and found on Craigslist and the local paper. If its worth some money, I'll post an ad. I know where my heart is...
