A woman in Casper, WY retrieved a lost wallet, and kindly attempted to return it to its owner.
“I left messages at his home phone after I found his number on the Internet,” the woman told ABC News in Denver. “I called his bank and a Harley Davidson dealer listed on a business card in his wallet.”
The woman also contacted the police. Eventually, the owner of the wallet filed a police report:
Police phoned [the woman] back and asked her for the wallet. She said she was going to hang on to it until she heard from [the owner] what he wanted her to do.She said police became aggressive and demanding, but she held firm. “I just didn’t need to be bullied,” she said. Police then arrested [the woman], and charged her with interference.” I said, ‘Are you serious? I’m going to jail for trying to return a guy’s wallet to him,’” [the woman] said.
Apparently the first attempt to prosecute ended in a mistrial, so they’re prosecuting her again. If convicted, she faces a possible sentence of one year in prison and a $1,000 fine. The owner of the wallet says he’d love it if both the police and the woman just dropped the whole thing and shook hands.
(ABC Denver via The Consumerist)
