stealing by finding - Bahamas Court News https://bahamascourtnews.com Providing comprehensive coverage of court cases Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:59:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Finders’ keepers is a crime https://bahamascourtnews.com/finders-keepers-is-a-crime/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finders-keepers-is-a-crime Mon, 18 Oct 2021 11:59:03 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/finders-keepers-is-a-crime/ The saying finders’ keepers is popular among children. But holding on to found items could result in criminal charges. The law requires you to deliver a found items to its owner, a magistrate, or other peace officer, within 48 hours. Otherwise, you could be charged with stealing by finding. Police arrested construction worker Leslie Hendrick […]

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]]> Charged with theft for keeping found cash https://bahamascourtnews.com/charged-with-theft-for-keeping-found-cash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=charged-with-theft-for-keeping-found-cash Fri, 15 Oct 2021 09:30:00 +0000 http://uxg.rig.mybluehost.me/?p=4179 NASSAU- A man who found a bag of money while demolishing the Churchill Building was arrested for theft. Leslie Bodie, 49, thought it was his lucky day when he made the unexpected find in a wall at the former site of the Public Treasury on September 17. He held onto the windfall instead of turning […]

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