Waiter hands in $32,000 in cash left at California restaurant

The UK Telegraph ^ | December 19, 2013

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Stories like this keeps one sane in an insane culture.

[mad_as_he$$]

The police militarization fund thanks the honest server. The DEA and theirs are investigating the family. “F

[mad_as_he$$]

theirs= the IRS

[Gaffer]

The money was returned to the family only after a detective determined it was obtained legally. The cash came from rental properties and a Mexican restaurant the family operates in the San Francisco Bay Area town of San Jose.

"You know how some people don't use banks, I think they're that type of person," the police spokesman said.

The family had attempted to rent a safe deposit box at a bank, but none was immediately available, he added.

There so much about this story that smells rankly to me.

[Oldexpat]

A Mexican resturant with a bag full of cash? All legal?

[r_barton]

Drug money?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Of course the police asset-forfeitured it later, but they haver a right to.

[VanDeKoik]

If you are stupidly carrying 32K into a restaurant, and dont care enough to keep it secure on your person, then you deserve to lose it.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

They were Mexicans. That’s why the cops gave it back to them. Were they regular American citizens it would have gone into the slush fund.

[heartwood]

Last year I left my purse in a shopping cart. Someone returned it to the store, but rewarded herself the cash.

Maybe it was two people.

I was ticked off and grateful at the same time.

[slumber1]

The money was returned to the family only after a detective determined it was obtained legally.

Surprised they got it back. A few years ago a couple out for a walk found a sack containing $30K. They took it to the police and were assured that if no one claimed it within 30 days it would be theirs. 28 days later the DEA swooped in, found "traces of cocaine" on the money and confiscated it, with a portion going to the local police department of course.

[umgud]

I’m pretty honest too, but if the customers were wearing hajibs and diapers on their heads.............

[Roger Kaputnik]

Well said.

[Hoodat]

I thought it was illegal to store cash in a safe deposit box.

[Gaffer]

I actually don’t know. I don’t think so.

[Mears]

If I deposit $10,000.00 cash in a bank the IRS is notified.

I wonder if they did it in this case?

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[Bob434]

[[Waiter hands in $32,000 in cash left at California restaurant]]

What an idiot- He shoudla kept a dollar

[georgiegirl]

Story is from 2013— Sounded familiar.

[Pelham]

“Drug money?”

Probably just the cash economy that keeps the government from knowing about their income. Standard practice in the illegal alien and immigrant subculture.

If it’s done right those playing this game qualify for all sorts of welfare payments and have way more spending money than you do. Jeb! and Rubio think we need a lot more of this.