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DEA to Keep $18,000 That Amtrak Passenger Found in Backpack at DC's Union Station
DEA to Keep $18,000 That Amtrak Passenger Found in Backpack at DC's Union Station
By Scott MacFarlane
A good samaritan turned in a backpack full of cash after he grabbed the wrong bag at Union Station. Investigators never found the owner, but the good samaritan won't get the money. News4's Scott MacFarlane reports. (Published Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016)
Federal agents will keep possession of a mysterious bundle of $17,900 in cash found in a backpack by a passenger aboard an Amtrak train at Washington, D.C.’s Union Station, after a months-long court battle over the cash.
A federal judge has ruled two New York City women who made formal claims for the cash were not credible enough to be given possession of the money.
•Amtrak Passenger Grabs Wrong Backpack, Finds $18k
The cash that an Amtrak passenger found when he walked off a train with the wrong backpack will remain in the custody of the Drug Enforcement Agency. ... The DEA formally sought possession of the money from the Metropolitan Police Department, which recovered the cash from the good Samaritan that turned it in.
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By Scott MacFarlane
A good samaritan turned in a backpack full of cash after he grabbed the wrong bag at Union Station. Investigators never found the owner, but the good samaritan won't get the money. News4's Scott MacFarlane reports. (Published Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016)
Federal agents will keep possession of a mysterious bundle of $17,900 in cash found in a backpack by a passenger aboard an Amtrak train at Washington, D.C.’s Union Station, after a months-long court battle over the cash.
A federal judge has ruled two New York City women who made formal claims for the cash were not credible enough to be given possession of the money.
•Amtrak Passenger Grabs Wrong Backpack, Finds $18k
The cash that an Amtrak passenger found when he walked off a train with the wrong backpack will remain in the custody of the Drug Enforcement Agency. ... The DEA formally sought possession of the money from the Metropolitan Police Department, which recovered the cash from the good Samaritan that turned it in.
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