[dmz]

A thief who watches the news AND has something of a conscience. Who knew?

[Dr._Joseph_Warren]

While in San Francisco, my sister had her wallet stolen out of her purse by a pickpocket thief.

About a week later, she was amazed to receive a package containing her wallet in the mail. It still had all of her important items (drivers license, credit cards, pictures, etc). Only the money (much more than she should have been carrying) was gone.

The thief had taken the time to mail the package to the address on her drivers license.

[muggs]

A thief who watches the news

The local newscast is always popular at the county jail. Inmates watch to see if they or their buds made the news.

[HitmanLV]

A thief isn't necessarily an amoral person. They know the rules, they just make the decision to break them for a short term gain. So they could have a sense of right and wrong, it's just that they vote for 'wrong' more often than not.

Thieves also tend to not be killers, traditionally. Well, that was the old guideline, anyway. They also tend to hate confrontation and go to great lengths to avoid it.

An old slogan was "I'm a thief, but not a rat." They have a moral code, as strange at is it.

It's really not that surprising to me that a professional thief would return the item to the folks.