{"id":2020675,"date":"2023-09-03T07:14:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T11:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-arrested-months-after-finding-bag-full-of-5000-in-cash-in-parking-lot\/"},"modified":"2023-09-03T07:15:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T11:15:25","slug":"man-arrested-months-after-finding-bag-full-of-5000-in-cash-in-parking-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-arrested-months-after-finding-bag-full-of-5000-in-cash-in-parking-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested months after discovering $5,000 cash in parking lot."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-arrested-months-after-finding-bag-full-of-5000-in-cash-in-parking-lot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2020675&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Connecticut Man Discovers Bag of Cash, Faces Larceny\u2062 Charges<\/h2>\n<p>A Connecticut \u200dman had an unexpected stroke of luck when he\u2064 stumbled upon\u2064 a bag containing nearly \u2063$5,000 in cash in a parking lot. Feeling like he had won the lottery, he made the decision to keep it. Little did \u200che \u200dknow, this choice would lead\u2064 to serious consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Three months later, the man, Robert Withington, found himself charged with larceny. It turns out\u200b that the bag, clearly marked \u200bwith a bank&#8217;s insignia, actually belonged to the town&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dutch-still-unable-to-form-a-government-after-record-breaking-226-days\/\" title=\"Dutch Still Unable to Form a Government After Record-Breaking 226 Days\">tax department<\/a>. Inside were not only the cash \u2062but also various documents identifying the rightful \u2064owner\u200c as the\u2063 town of Trumbull.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/climate-activist-arrested-after-paint-thrown-on-artwork-at-ottawa-museum-5482681\">Climate Activist Arrested After Paint Thrown On Artwork at Ottawa \u200bMuseum<\/a> &#8211; 8\/29\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/quebec-father-who-murdered-his-two-three-year-olds-arrested-days-before-friend-says-5482163\">Quebec Father Who Murdered His\u200b Two Three-Year-Olds Arrested Days Before, \u200dFriend Says<\/a> &#8211; 8\/28\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Withington insists that he did not steal the money and claims he had no knowledge of the bag&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/richard-blumenthal-denies-owning-stocks-his-portfolio-tells-a-different-story\/\" title=\"Richard Blumenthal Denies Owning Stocks. His Portfolio Tells a Different Story.\">true owner<\/a>. According to him, it\u200c was\u200b an impulsive decision made in \u200cthe heat of the \u200bmoment. &#8220;It&#8217;s not like this \u2064was planned\u2063 out,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;Everything was in the \u2063moment and it was like I hit the lottery. That was it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite attempts to\u2064 reach Withington for comment, \u200dhe has not responded. The money\u2063 initially went missing on May 30, \u2062and \u200dpolice discovered that an employee from the Trumbull Tax Collector&#8217;s office had misplaced the bag during \u200ca deposit at the bank. After months of investigation, it was\u200d revealed that Withington had unknowingly picked up\u2064 the bag, which had been dropped outside the bank.<\/p>\n<p>Withington maintains his innocence, stating, &#8220;If I knew I\u200d was wrong \u2062in the first place, I would have given it right back. I didn&#8217;t think I\u2062 was doing anything wrong.&#8221; However, during\u200c police interviews, he admitted to being\u2062 at\u2063 the bank that day \u200cand taking the bag, believing he had no\u200d obligation to return it to its rightful \u200cowner.<\/p>\n<p>As a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-arrested-months-after-finding-bag-full-of-5000-in-cash-in-parking-lot\/\" title=\"Man arrested months after discovering ,000 cash in parking lot.\">dog training business owner<\/a>\u200b with a clean record, Withington&#8217;s integrity \u2062is vouched for\u200c by his customers. Nevertheless, he now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-did-it-update-far-left-trolling-group-awaywewalk-takes-credit-for-arrest-of-brandon-straka\/\" title=\"\u201cWe Did It!\u201d \u2013 UPDATE: Far Left Trolling Group \u201cAwayWeWalk\u201d Takes Credit for Arrest of Brandon Straka\">faces charges<\/a> of third-degree larceny, a felony that carries a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-little-too-soviet-grandsons-of-idaho-pastor-slapped-with-13-criminal-charges-for-protesting-lockdowns-with-stickers\/\" title=\"\u2018A Little Too Soviet\u2019: Grandsons Of Idaho Pastor Slapped With 13 Criminal Charges For Protesting Lockdowns With Stickers\">potential prison sentence<\/a> of up\u200c to five years \u2063and a fine of up to $5,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man in Trumbull, Connecticut found a bag containing almost $5,000 in cash in a parking lot and decided to keep it, feeling like he had won the lottery. However, after three months, he has been charged with larceny. The bag was marked with a bank&#8217;s name, according to Trumbull Police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2020676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2020675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}