Public Service Announcement - Return found wallets and purses to police IMMEDIATELY

If you are walking along and you see a wallet or purse lying on the ground, you should return it to police immediately. Here’s why:

Dragnet That Ensnares Good Samaritans, Too

One purse was found just sitting on a display shelf in the shoe department at Macy’s. Another one turned up downstairs, in Macy’s Cellar. Yet another rested on a chair in a Midtown McDonald’s, left by a woman who had stepped into the restroom.

In fact, all three items had been planted by police officers in plainclothes during the previous six weeks. And the three people who picked them up were arrested, and now face indictment on charges that could land them in state prison.

In another sting operation:

Shopping bags, backpacks and purses were left around the subway system, then stealthily watched by undercover officers. They arrested anyone who took the items and walked past a police officer in uniform without reporting the discovery.

An interesting experiment:

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