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Old 05-12-2011, 10:30 AM   #1
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Default Dallas keeps $2,000 found by honest teen

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Dalla...121609364.html

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DALLAS — Dallas will keep $2,000 found by a teenager in a parking lot last February.

The money will go into the city's general fund — not back to Plano high school student Ashley Donaldson, who found the cash in an envelope at the Pavillion Shopping Center in North Dallas.

"I don't regret making the decision I did," she said. "I feel proud of myself for giving the money back. It's one of the biggest decisions of my life."

The 15-year-old Shepton High School student spotted the money on the ground and took it to a nearby Chase Bank.

Over the last three months, the bank and Dallas police have tried to find the owner, but have had no luck.

On Tuesday, police said under a new city policy, the unclaimed money will go into Dallas' general fund — not back to the person who found it, as in years past.

"We appreciate your honesty," said Dallas police spokesman Senior Cpl. Kevin Janse. "We're going to put the money to good use. It's not going to be wasted, but put to good use for the City of Dallas."

That's not the answer Ashley Donaldson had been hoping for. "I was thinking about a car," she confessed.

It's also not the lesson her parents wanted her to learn.

"I'm happy that she did what she did, but the way it ended? I wish she didn't find it in the first place, because it certainly didn't teach her the right thing," her father Ben Donaldson said.

At the time Ashley found the envelope full of money, she was living in a one-bedroom apartment with her parents and her four brothers and sisters.

The family had recently moved to Texas from Colorado and could have used the money, but she felt that the $2,000 might mean more to its owner.

"This could be someone else's life, this could be someone's home," she said. "If I took it, I could never live down the guilt that would be in me."

Ashley said the bank was surprised to see such honesty, but her parents weren't.

"It was like an experience that presented itself — like a test — and my daughter passed with flying colors beautifully," said Ben Donaldson.

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Old 05-12-2011, 10:35 AM   #2
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It's also not the lesson her parents wanted her to learn.
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Don't give the government anything and expect to ever see it again.
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Old 05-12-2011, 10:50 AM   #3
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lol @ people who thought the cops would "do the right thing."
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lol @ people who thought the cops would "do the right thing."
These two motherfuckers: SPOT ON!
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Old 05-12-2011, 11:02 AM   #5
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Truth.

I've often wondered what I would do in this situation and I feel the smart plan would be to slowly dole the cash out towards my cost of living. Gas, food, public transportation and maybe the odd bike part would allow me to maintain a low profile and enjoy the spoils
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Truth.

I've often wondered what I would do in this situation and I feel the smart plan would be to slowly dole the cash out towards my cost of living. Gas, food, public transportation and maybe the odd bike part would allow me to maintain a low profile and enjoy the spoils
Its a tough thing man. I'd love to find the poor bastard that dropped $2k and give it back to him, because losing $2,000 is worse than finding $2,000 is awesome....

But its cash, and if there's no one around I'm keeping it and hanging onto it for a while. Maybe someone posts an ad about the loss and I find them...but I don't think it should be used as a tax for the city.
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Its a tough thing man. I'd love to find the poor bastard that dropped $2k and give it back to him, because losing $2,000 is worse than finding $2,000 is awesome....

But its cash, and if there's no one around I'm keeping it and hanging onto it for a while. Maybe someone posts an ad about the loss and I find them...but I don't think it should be used as a tax for the city.
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It says the police and the bank tried for 3 months to find the owner......What else do you want them to do? If anyone with half a brain dropped 2 grand on the ground next to a bank, they would have contacted the bank the very next day. But they didn't........... and plus they were given 3 more months to do so.

She made the right choice. Hanging on to the money and posting an ad in Craigslist" is laughable and self-serving to say the least. I bet less than 1% of the population even uses Craigslist, and even if they did it wouldn't be their first place to check.
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Old 05-12-2011, 11:29 AM   #9
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They should give her one of the auction cars. That's what she wants, give her a car.
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Old 05-12-2011, 11:51 AM   #10
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Bottom line she did the right thing.

The bank & city did the right thing.

Till the city decided it was better for them to just keep it under a "new policy". I sure hope the local press is all over the city because of this. Complete horseshit.
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