Posted on 10/02/2016 8:00:10 PM PDT by Daffynition
AUBURNDALE, Fla. (WFLA) – A Polk County man is behind bars after a deputy spotted him with a milk crate.
On Thursday just before 10 p.m. a PSCO deputy stopped two men on bikes. The deputy noticed that Timothy Troller, of Auburndale, had a dairy crate attached to his a purple Mongoose BMX bicycle.
The dairy crate had the business name of Sunshine State Dairy Farms clearly marked on the sides of the dairy crate. Troller claimed he found the crate on the side of the road and attached it to his bike.
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(Busy scrubbing the artwork off all the crates I’ve collected over the years)...
I didn’t mean that you said to keep it.
There’s a mentality out there ...that when someone sees a *lot* of something, like a stack of crates behind a 7/11, or a field of ripe pumpkins, rows of dozens of shopping carts [etc], they think *what the heck...what is taking just one going to do?* It’s just one.
My poorly stated point was: Businesses that work on a small/tight margin like grocery/dairy, can’t easily absorb the loss. ;)
Ouch. Kids on bicycles take note - the police have noithing better to do these days than chase you down and arrest you.
Many such crates have clear statements of ownership, and state possession outside that ownership is theft.
So if I find a drink bottle along the side of the road, and it says Coke on the side on it, it’s theft if I pick it up and take it with me?
Depending on your state, bring it back to the store for a 5/10 cent deposit.
IIRC, I bought my first tennis racket by collecting and redeeming soda bottles. Took me 2 summers. ;)
Yes, if the label also says “THIS BOTTLE IS THE PROPERTY OF THE COCA COLA CORPORATION. USE BY OTHER THAN REGISTERED OWNER PUNISHABLE BY LAW.”
Remember the guy who found a prototype iPhone in a bar and sold it? Remember he got in a sh!tload of legal trouble for it? That’s what we’re talking about: clearly “not yours” and you can literally be arrested if you act like it’s yours. Daries need those crates, don’t sell them, and have a big problem with people stealing them.
If it was such a problem they should use deposits so ownership is always transferred and the police don't look bad. or put rfid on them and if they are not scanned for a period of time they're considered abandoned.
Polk County is Grady Judd. Don’t screw-up there.
Besides, it doesn’t have to come to trial.
leave them in the ditch and if it gets ran over and damages property them dary’s need to pay damages.
Property found on the side of the road is not up for grabs. You can’t legally take it and tie it to your bike, now yours.
Exactly!
Ah... but they are never far away my FRiend
Ask Rudy Giuliani
“The broken windows theory is a criminological theory of the norm-setting and signaling effect of urban disorder and vandalism on additional crime and anti-social behavior. The theory states that maintaining and monitoring urban environments to prevent small crimes such as vandalism, public drinking, and toll-jumping helps to create an atmosphere of order and lawfulness, thereby preventing more serious crimes from happening.
The theory was introduced in a 1982 article by social scientists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling.[1] Since then it has been subject to great debate both within the social sciences and the public sphere. The theory has been used as a motivation for several reforms in criminal policy, including the controversial mass use of “stop, question, and frisk” by the New York City Police Department.”
Jes sayin’ ;)
Oh shoot!
I found a nice vintage wooden ladder, propped up to the trash pick-up bin, on the side of the road. I took it[the ladder]. It was obvious they were throwing it out. Really.
Great find. Thank you; Corroborates what I mentioned above; Dairy operates on a small margin.
We’re not talking iPhones here.
And I’m sorry but dairies do sell them, at least the ones in Alabama. You can buy old, worn-looking ones directly from many dairies for a few bucks a piece.
The grocery stores don’t like their customers to see the fresh milk being delivered in cruddy-looking crates, so the dairies sell them. And the ones I’ve seen still have the dairy name on them.
So who’s to know if someone stole it, or bought it?
You’re supposed to keep the receipt for a $4 crate?
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