Hundreds of dollars in coins found loose downtown

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Hundreds of dollars in coins found loose downtown

Published: August 25, 2009

SCRANTON - The coins someone dropped in downtown
Scranton could hardly be described as your usual
loose change.

Police officers responded to the 200 block of
Franklin Avenue on Monday around 3:15 p.m. to
find passersby sweeping up coins - hundreds of
dollars worth, it turns out - into a garbage
container, police said.

Police discovered the coins came from two bank
bags that somehow ended up in the street and
then were run over by traffic. Although he
declined to say exactly how much change police
recovered, Capt. Carl Graziano said it
amounted to between $500 and $1,000.

"We have no idea whose money it is," he said.
"That is kind of strange. No one has even
called to say they lost it."


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On Aug 25, 6:48*pm, "Arizona Coin Collector"
wrote:
FROM:http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news...s_in_coins_fou...

Hundreds of dollars in coins found loose downtown

Published: August 25, 2009

SCRANTON - The coins someone dropped in downtown
Scranton could hardly be described as your usual
loose change.

Police officers responded to the 200 block of
Franklin Avenue on Monday around 3:15 p.m. to
find passersby sweeping up coins - hundreds of
dollars worth, it turns out - into a garbage
container, police said.

Police discovered the coins came from two bank
bags that somehow ended up in the street and
then were run over by traffic. Although he
declined to say exactly how much change police
recovered, Capt. Carl Graziano said it
amounted to between $500 and $1,000.

"We have no idea whose money it is," he said.
"That is kind of strange. No one has even
called to say they lost it."

..

Were there any bananas found nearby?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30,000_Pounds_of_Bananas

On Aug 26, 9:12�am, shreadvector wrote:
On Aug 25, 6:48�pm, "Arizona Coin Collector"
wrote:





FROM:http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news...s_in_coins_fou...

Hundreds of dollars in coins found loose downtown

Published: August 25, 2009

SCRANTON - The coins someone dropped in downtown
Scranton could hardly be described as your usual
loose change.

Police officers responded to the 200 block of
Franklin Avenue on Monday around 3:15 p.m. to
find passersby sweeping up coins - hundreds of
dollars worth, it turns out - into a garbage
container, police said.

Police discovered the coins came from two bank
bags that somehow ended up in the street and
then were run over by traffic. Although he
declined to say exactly how much change police
recovered, Capt. Carl Graziano said it
amounted to between $500 and $1,000.

"We have no idea whose money it is," he said.
"That is kind of strange. No one has even
called to say they lost it."

..

Were there any bananas found nearby?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30,000_Pounds_of_Bananas- Hide quoted text -

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Harry, it sucks!

Jerry
(And I didn't need the link.)

On Aug 25, 9:48*pm, "Arizona Coin Collector"
wrote:

"We have no idea whose money it is," he said.
"That is kind of strange. No one has even
called to say they lost it."

Oh, it must be mine! (Surprised nobody else jumped in first)

Coin Collector wrote
On Aug 25, 9:48*pm, "Arizona Coin Collector"
wrote:

"We have no idea whose money it is," he said.
"That is kind of strange. No one has even
called to say they lost it."

Oh, it must be mine! (Surprised nobody else jumped in first)

Out of interest ...
In a case like this, or similar, where the police have to spend time and
effort collecting the coins, might they charge the owner for the cost of
the operation if it is shown that the owner was at all careless in
securing them in transit?
--
Roger Hunt

Roger Hunt wrote:
Coin Collector wrote
On Aug 25, 9:48 pm, "Arizona Coin Collector"
wrote:

"We have no idea whose money it is," he said.
"That is kind of strange. No one has even
called to say they lost it."

Oh, it must be mine! (Surprised nobody else jumped in first)

Out of interest ...
In a case like this, or similar, where the police have to spend time
and effort collecting the coins, might they charge the owner for the
cost of the operation if it is shown that the owner was at all
careless in securing them in transit?

100% of taxpayers are obliged to pay police department expenses to deal with
problems caused by the stupidity and negligence of a significantly smaller
percentage of the population. It's the same with fire departments and
school districts. Welcome to America.

James the Burdened

Mr. Jaggers lugburzman@[at] wrote
Roger Hunt wrote:
Coin Collector wrote
On Aug 25, 9:48 pm, "Arizona Coin Collector"
wrote:

"We have no idea whose money it is," he said.
"That is kind of strange. No one has even
called to say they lost it."

Oh, it must be mine! (Surprised nobody else jumped in first)

Out of interest ...
In a case like this, or similar, where the police have to spend time
and effort collecting the coins, might they charge the owner for the
cost of the operation if it is shown that the owner was at all
careless in securing them in transit?

100% of taxpayers are obliged to pay police department expenses to deal with
problems caused by the stupidity and negligence of a significantly smaller
percentage of the population. It's the same with fire departments and
school districts. Welcome to America.

Much the same as the UK then.
--
Roger Hunt