Posted on 04/06/2020 11:31:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Hurricane Police arrested a 67-year-old handyman Friday morning after he deposited a check accidentally written for $21,000 into his account.
According to a police statement written by Hurricane Police Officer Darren Richmond, the case began as an investigation involving a theft of $21,000.
After hiring a handyman service to complete a concrete job in her yard, the victim stated that the man, identified by her as Berklee Holm of Parowan, bid a price of $4,200 to complete the job, and that he said he would need $2,100 at the time to purchase materials, according to the statement.
The woman who hired the man admitted to mistakenly writing a check for $21,000 and delivering the check to Holm in error on March 13.
On the same day, Holm deposited the check into his account.
Of course. If you try to withdraw $200 from an ATM and it mistakenly spits out $20,000, you don’t seriously think you get to keep it, do you?
“Bank Error in your Favor” only exists in Monopoly.
If you made an error and bank took advantage of it it keeps it and if bank made an error and it caused your loss see you in court.
If you do any of it you go to jail.
Of course. If you try to withdraw $200 from an ATM and it mistakenly spits out $20,000, you don’t seriously think you get to keep it, do you?
The question was about being arrested.
Of course he can't keep it. But that doesn't mean than he can be arrested.
"But Officer, I didn't even look at the amount on the check as I was depositing it!"
Regards,
Then we get to the Hannibal Lecter part.
Turns out, this dude was on some pretty potent anti-psychotic meds. Then he slipped and went off them. The cops hauled him off after he took a handgun and shot both of his parents to death. And the gun was hidden in the foyer closet where I had been standing. We contacted the cops about the gratuity ('cuz I was about to involuntarily void my bowels about that point), and the cops said hey, you were just a bystander of sorts, the money's yours. Glad he didn't reach in the closet for more pistol marksmanship while you were there.
Yep, it happened. Damn sure did, hand to God.
... and that’s why I don’t want to be a delivery guy.
An insurance company parked over one million in my
Account once
It took three weeks to get it removed
“It took three weeks to get it removed.”
What did you do. By a fancy car every week for three weeks?
If the bank is closed, and the ATM gives me more than I withdrew, do I a)leave the money on the ground under the ATM or b) take the money home and bring it to the bank later
Except, according to you, if I do b) I've committed a felony the second I walk away from the ATM, and should be arrested.
This guy deposited the check, but as far as I know, he hadn't spent the money. The police did not need to arrest him, especially before they even tried to straighten it out. The woman made a mistake, and he didn't alter the check, yet it's his crime?
So, can one get out of paying any worker, by just written a check more than the amount you owe them.. Because then they can't never get their money, because depositing the check and rebating you additional amount is illegal.
By the way, if I owed you $100, and I wrote you a check for that amount, I can call the police and tell them I only meant to write you a check for $50, and they will proceed directly to arrest you?
He thanked the Lord for having the opportunity to steal money?
I think there’s a slight problem there.
In the county I grew up in there was an older man with my name. Same first, middle and last names though no known relation.
When I was 16 I got a bill from the hospital.
My mom got the mail on her way in from work. Seeing my name on a letter from the hospital she opened it.
I came in from planting corn and headed straight for the shower. When I dressed and went to the dining room my mom and dad were sitting at the table with this letter in front of them.
My dad looked at me and asked if I had anything to tell them. I replied No.
They turned the letter over and slid it across the table to me.
It was a bill from the hospital for maternity services! No wonder the strange looks!
I spent half the next day on the phone with the hospital trying to sort it out.
They sent another letter demanding payment.
Finally they took me to court.
The judge took one look at me and told the hospital to find the right person.
Now all of those phone calls took place on a party line. The two gossips on the line listened to every word.
By the end of the first week I was getting messages from girls telling me their parents wouldn’t let them see me anymore. I was living a nightmare!
Unfortunately the guy with my name named his son Jr. Jr never paid a bill or worried about his credit one bit.
I spent decades getting his CRAPPY credit off my credit report.
To add insult to injury, the Sr with my name was married to a woman who had the same name as my 2nd wife!
It was a clusterscrew all around.
This article states that he made NO attempt to straighten out the problem, and he also didn’t complete the work for which he was paid.
He’s a thief.
There’s lot of details in that article which weren’t in this one.
It was linked from the article you posted.
I’m going to say that You should have left that County.
But that’s just Me.
As far as I know the longhand written should be what the banking institution uses.
Back when I worked at a few banks, in the early 90s, that was the rule. If there's a discrepancy, just default to the written version. (A few rare but obvious exceptions arose among the millions of checks we processed each month, but 99+% of the time, just use the written.)
It could be that the woman wasn't in full control of her faculties which if true, makes his crime even worse.
A couple of days ago, in a self-serve checkout line, the woman ahead of me paid with a card and apparently requested some cash back. As she started to walk away with her purchases, the machine spit out the cash. I could have easily slipped the bills into my pocket, but instead, I called out to her so she could recover her money.
I could have said to myself, "she was stupid to leave her money behind, so it rightfully belongs to me". That would be stealing.
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