Possible Warrant for Arrest
My question involves criminal law for the state of: Florida. I work as Uber driver and a customer left their phone in my car. I contacted Uber so I could get a hold of the person. The person called me and advised I would like to give them the phone back but I asked if they could at least give me some money for the trip to return the phone and my time. The person got upset and called the cops. About an hour later I get a called from a officer and he wanted to find out what happened. I told him what happened and I advised my intention was to return the phone. The officer got upset and said that I am depriving someone of property value of $1000 and he said he was going to create an arrest warrant. At this point I do not know what to do and I wanted to get this problem resolved as soon as possible. I have done some reading online about Felonies charges for something like this and I do not know what to believe What would you recommend me to do
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If we classify the phone as LOST property, keeping it under conditions, yes, is a crime. You know who the Rightful owner is. It appears FL classifies such as LOST or ABANDONED but not Mislaid property.
This no doubt applies to either classification. You may NOT demand your time or gas be compensated or you will not return it.
Return it right away. Discuss any compensation later.
https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2019/705.102
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My question involves criminal law for the state of: Florida. I work as Uber driver and a customer left their phone in my car. I contacted Uber so I could get a hold of the person. The person called me and advised I would like to give them the phone back but I asked if they could at least give me some money for the trip to return the phone and my time. The person got upset and called the cops. About an hour later I get a called from a officer and he wanted to find out what happened. I told him what happened and I advised my intention was to return the phone. The officer got upset and said that I am depriving someone of property value of $1000 and he said he was going to create an arrest warrant. At this point I do not know what to do and I wanted to get this problem resolved as soon as possible. I have done some reading online about Felonies charges for something like this and I do not know what to believe What would you recommend me to do
Drop the phone off at the nearest police department with the name of the owner. Contact the owner and tell him here it is.
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I highly doubt the law requires that you offer a free delivery service to return the phone to the person't house. Is a restaurant required to use a waiter to hand deliver a jacket or a pair of sunglasses to a customer's house when they are left behind? NO! I doubt a restaurant is even required to call the person who left something behind...even when they have their information. If an Uber customer or a cop did that to me, I wouldn't lift a finger to help them.
If you have the cop's email, put something in writing that you have the phone and do not intend on keeping it. If the cop wants it hand delivered, let him deliver it, especially after a threat like that. Also, if you drop it by a police station, make sure the station is as far from their house a possible and you get a written receipt/proof that you dropped it off.
Be advised, cops are legally allowed to lie as to what they can and cannot do to you.
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As explained at the other site where you posted about this, return the damn phone without any demand or request for payment.
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Harold99
If an Uber customer or a cop did that to me, I wouldn't lift a finger to help them.
Except that apparently Uber does tell customers that the driver will return the property left in the car and that Uber will charge the customer $15 to compensate the driver for doing so. So while the driver by law may not have to go out of his way to return the property, his contract with Uber might impose that obligation.
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Except that apparently Uber does tell customers that the driver will return the property left in the car and that Uber will charge the customer $15 to compensate the driver for doing so. So while the driver by law may not have to go out of his way to return the property, his contract with Uber might impose that obligation.
Yet the driver did not know that policy, the passenger/customer did not agree to be charged and the cop lied about being able to issue a warrant for grand theft.
What a bunch of goofballs.
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... and the cop lied about being able to issue a warrant for grand theft.
Grand theft, probably not, unless the phone was valued at more than $750.00. Petit theft, yes, which could be rightfully charged.
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Grand theft, probably not, unless the phone was valued at more than $750.00. Petit theft, yes, which could be rightfully charged.
BS!
Amazing, the amount of people that come here to scare people. It's like 12 months of Halloween.
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BS!
Amazing, the amount of people that come here to scare people. It's like 12 months of Halloween.
Did you read the law on such in my post 2?