Chicago Tribune - An Arlington Heights man was fined $500 after he turned in $17,000 but lied about how and where he actually found the cash, police said today. Robert Adams, 54, was cited today for filing a false report with the Rolling Meadows Police Department. On the evening of June 6, Adams found a Chase Bank bag full of cash totaling about $17,000 near a Walgreens ATM in Midlothian, police said. Instead of turning the cash in at that location, Adams drove to Rolling Meadows and turned in the bag at a Chase Bank. He later told police he found the cash outside a newspaper stand in Rolling Meadows. When reached by phone Wednesday night, Adams said he felt more comfortable turning the cash in to Rolling Meadows officials and filing the report with Rolling Meadows police. Adams said he was told Wednesday he had to pay a $500 fine for filing a false report. "I accept the fine. I'm very sorry about this whole thing."
The lesson, as always, KEEP THE MONEY! This whole thing could have been avoided if you just pocketed the money and went about your day, you'd be $17,500 richer than you are right now. Because this is the trouble you get when you do the right thing these days.
Who gives a fuck where he turned in the money? Honestly. So what he lied to police about where he found it. You know why he lied? Because he debated keeping the money and ultimately decided to do the honest thing. Sure he's still lying right now saying he felt more comfortable turning it in at one police station over the other. That's a crock of shit buddy and we all know it. We all know you initially drove off with all intentions of keeping the cash, its pretty obvious. But you had a turn of conscience and turned it in. If the guys only mistake was not telling police about his brief snap in judgement then I'm not sure how a $500 dollar fine is fair.
