The diary was NOT stolen, it was abandoned. Huge difference
Well the thought process here is that as soon as the defendant knew whose diary it was it should have been returned.
And so by that, it was kept with knowledge of whose property it was, and keeping it amounts to theft.
Neither according to the modern view - someone is simply squatting on the diary.
This is not a legal issue so the police can't get involved. This is simply a civil property dispute than can be addressed by the courts over the next several years.
Let the party that claims they have a civil case hire a lawyer and seek relief in the courts.
Diary squatting should be decriminalized; at worst it is a nonviolent crime best resolved by community volunteers.
Not when the Feds want to throw someone in the dungeon.
Abandoned sort of like Ashley’s stepbrother Hunter’s laptop 😎😎
NY law makes no distinction between stolen or “lost” property. Possession of either is a crime there, even if you received it from a third person.