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Originally Posted by kennyc
I don't think anything has been established with respect to theft. What I read said the phone was found in a bar. Doesn't sound like theft to me, unless proven otherwise.
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In california the law says a found item if kept is stolen! UNLESS a reasonable attempt is made to return it, the stated examples being inform the police, or the owner of the establishment it was found, he did neither they also knew whose it was and their employer! and that they had a facebook account.
they did not try to email via facebook or Apple they instead phoned a customer service line?! is that reasonable? not imo or that of many others.
Cali law also states an item is not owned by the finder until 90 days has passed! that also did not happen.
The 'finder' did not own the item according to the law of the state it was found in according to that same law it was a stolen item.
someone then bought the item(it was Giz that stated in the article that they had bought it for 5k$) knowing the person selling was not the rightful owner.
hence the police investigating a stolen item that was worth at LEAST 5k maybe considerably more! tehy broke a door down as for all they knew the guy was away for two weeks, they will also reimburse him for the damage caused.
I really dont see this as any sort of overeaction, and i would certainly not want the police to act any other way if it was my item that had been stolen.