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$100,000 Missing After Armored Car Spills Bag of Money and How a Criminal Defense Attorney Can Help You - California Penal Code section 487

By Walin & Klarich

It was recently reported that in Columbus, Ohio, more than $100,000 went missing after a bag of cash fell from an armored car into an intersection. Passing motorists abruptly stopped to get grab handfuls of bills. About $100,000 was picked up by police officers and $12,000 more was returned by good Samaritans after the bag hit the pavement, was run over and split open Wednesday morning. About 15 to 20 people scrambled to grab cash. Local police reported that there were $20 bills everywhere and money was money floating all over the place. The owner of the armored car company transporting the money complained that "it's not free money" and "it's different than walking down the street and finding a $5 bill laying there. This is clearly marked, identifiable money that belongs to somebody else laying in the middle of a busy intersection with bank bags lying all over the place...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on April 06, 2010 (boomark / email).