If you have a choice always contact the highest level of LEO you have access to. State or FBI is usually first choice.
Don’t be surprised if you get a visit from men in black suits one day soon. They may want your computer...hard drive. Cooperate....and prepare a list of people you know (including your boss) who have access to the source and be prepared to relay it to them asap.
Take care....and be careful.
They know who I am and where I work. I have nothing to hide. But I tend to doubt they will be at my door. Maybe a phone call at most and I doubt even that. It’s a small community and they usually keep a low profile when they are undertaking an investigation of any kind.
The information wasn’t local. Rather appeared to be someone traveling allot from some other area. The item I found it under could have come from any store, at any time, as a return...and most likely how the store got the item. And they are nationwide. Tracking that would not be hard to do for LEO if they sought to do so. They could go to the store and follow the days sales....information on that item would show..and then track it thru the system. If a charge card was used they would find name of who purchased. If cash, it would be a dead end.
Good advice..thanks.