‘We send letters to everyone who has over $100,’ says sheriff’s office as cops take action on $8,000 in unclaimed money | 6M7P5L2 | 2024-04-28 19:08:01
'We send letters to everyone who has over $100,' says sheriff's office as cops take action on $8,000 in unclaimed money | 6M7P5L2 | 2024-04-28 19:08:01
A SHERIFF'S office in Texas is trying to find the rightful owners of nearly $8,000 in unclaimed cash.
Tim Monzingo, who works with the Nacogdoches County Sheriff's Office, released a list with names of people who could be owed cash.
On Wednesday, the East Texas department, based about two hours north of Houston, announced that 866 former inmates have unclaimed cash at the jail.
The amount of cash totals somewhere around $7,800, Monzingo, a spokesman for the sheriff's office, told The Daily Sentinal.
Most of the owed amounts are fairly small because people who left over $100 were sent a notice.
"We have to send certified letters to everyone who has over $100, and we only have four of those," Monzingo said.
When the sheriff's office first made the announcement on Facebook, users feared they were being tricked.
One conspiratorial Facebook user suggested the office would be wanting to track down and "arrest" former inmates, according to the local paper.
Manzingo addressed the fears and said the announcement wasn't a scheme to track down arrest warrants.
The spokesman said it's a legal requirement under the Texas Property Code to make sure former inmates have all their funds.
"We want to get everyone back their rightful property," he said.
Former inmates have until June 24 to claim their money.
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Some people who stumble across cash can get into serious trouble if they don't tell the police.
One driver was arrested after he swiped $400 left behind at an ATM in Griffin, Georgia, which is an hour outside Atlanta.
</div> </div> Garcia Sanchez was captured on camera grabbing the cash and driving away, according to police.
Some people may believe they have a right to any money lying around, but there's a law that complicates the "finders keepers" rule of thumb.
According to Georgia law, taking something that has been lost or mislaid is a crime.
Sanchez was arrested because he reasonably knew the money belonged to someone else, police said at the time.
Officials said he should have reported the lost cash to the police or given it back to the bank.
In other related news, a 19-year-old found $135,000 next to a Wells Fargo ATM, but he had a different outcome than Sanchez.
And cops in Nashville, Tennessee, shared how a widow found $1.2 million in unclaimed cash.
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