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A good samaritan attempted to return a lost iPhone and was instead assaulted. What is wrong with this picture?
This is why we cant have good things.
A 53-year-old woman in Fredericksburg, VA was just minding her own business when she spotted an unclaimed iPhone near a 7-Eleven convenience store on Lafayette Boulevard, reports NBC Washington. As any good samaritan would attempt (seriously, there arent enough people who will do what she did), she tried to contact the phones rightful owners to return the lost device. At the meet up point near where the iPhone was originally found, the woman gave the item back to the couple who claimed to own the phone and was offered a cash reward. After the transaction was completed, however, the male owner attacked the woman from behind before stealing the money back and fleeing the area.
The victim was walking away when the male grabbed her from behind and threw her to the ground, NBC Washington reports. He took the money back and kicked her while she was still on the ground
The male and female iPhone owners left the area in a gold Honda Accord.
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jpbollma
(552 posts)I think I am just in a mood today, but the lack of respect people have for one another is sickening.
MADem
(135,425 posts)My Pet Goat
(413 posts)and the attackers are even remotely linked to whatever telephone number the records indicate was dialed by the good samaritan, they'll be busted for sure. Dumba** criminals.
pschoeb
(1,066 posts)instead of just not giving a reward. I would say that it seems more likely that the woman was demanding money before returning the phone, which is a crime.
My Pet Goat
(413 posts)A lot of people are under the very mistaken impression that the law is "finder's keepers" regarding mislaid property.
The story is sort of old, I wonder how it turned out.
sinkingfeeling
(51,501 posts)locate the man.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)as I was driving along, I noticed something lying on a curve on the road. I stopped to pick it up.
Found it was a business folder. It didn't have anything which specifically said who owned it, but I did notice that there were a few cards with the same name/business on them.
LOTS AND LOTS OF BUSINESS account information. I knew that whomever it belonged to would be in deep doo-doo if it was known that it was just out there.
I couldn't immediately call the person at the time. Had to wait until I got home later that night.
Called the person, who was grateful that it was found. I arranged a meeting with him the next morning (before business hours) at a local eatery.
I handed him his folder and wished him well, turning to leave. He refused to let me leave just yet, reached into his pocket and peeled off 3 $20 bills.
Honestly, I was just happy to get it back to him and keep him from getting in trouble. But he insisted I take the money. I felt good without the "reward" ... but I put it to good use.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)would serve them right to be arrested.