Dallas keeps $2,000 found by honest teen

WFAA.com

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.

This is theft, pure and simple. What superior right does the government have to that money? None, other than what these greedy POS's claim for themselves. Don't expect anyone to do the right thing and turn in found property again in Dallas. Leave it to government to always encourage the worst in people. And they wonder why so many hold them in such contempt.