hi i was a victim to didnt know nothing about it on oct 2 as pist i was shopping on my way hom same thing the verizon bag trick no good i was pist

off coundnt belive it you should of heard me yell stop setting people up.terriabe

One poster wrote: the same law provides if you find something in a "transportation facility" you have committed larceny the moment you leave the facility with the item. My comment on this is:

I imagine this law was geared towards airports or train stations like Grand Central where someone might leave luggage for moment while they go to a ticket booth or the rest room, not so much towards subway stations which are very transient places, and where unattended items really tend to be lost or abandonded.

The sting operation is shameful. It will catch a lot of poor (literally and figuratively) people who wouldn't otherwise commit crimes, but who figure that the stuff in the bag is lost, and so they might as well salvage it, not to mention people who would actually try to return it if they found ID in the bag.

You know, what they should do is put $100 bills on the street outside police stations and judges chambers... and see how many of these get returned!

They almost got me with this once, using a Century 21 bag full of shoes (*drool*) at Fulton Street. But it just didn't occur to me to take someone else's shoes (or that they would fit, or even be decent shoes, etc.). When I went to go on the train, someone said "Oh miss you forgot your bag!" and I said "Nope, not mine". If that person offering to me had been a cop, THAT would have been entrapment, I think. I bet it was an undercover cop. Bastards!

I looked it up, to clarify my recollections from endless studying for the bar exam. Taking home lost property **IS** a crime in NY if you don't give it to the police within 10 days. In addition, how they are getting people here is b/c the same law provides if you find something in a "transportation facility" you have committed larceny the moment you leave the facility with the item. Regardless of your personal intention to track down the owner, donate to charity, get free new shoes (*drool*) or whatever.

The woman they arrested - Calthorpe - should get off because she didn't leave the station with the property so I don't think she can possibly have violated the law this "Operation" is based on. Maybe this cops should be out there helping the people in Queens and preventing real crime.

We should Flood 911 with reports of suspicious packages then call the media.

Sit back and see what happens.

Thanks again NYPD for making the good guy the bad guy.

One reason "all these busts happen at the Columbus Circle station" is because there is a Transit Bureau precinct house there.

Now what people should now do when they see a bag left is to go and report it per the "if you see something, say something" campaign since I thought that is what we are supposed to do now when you see an abandoned bag, as it may be something bad. The up side is the first time this happens and the station gets evacuated because of a suspicious package the media would have a field day when they find out it was left by the NYPD.

brightliner: you didn't do it so you could sleep at night, you did it so you could retell the story and make yourself seem like a good person.

but about this story. i call bullshit on it. although nyc cops have plenty of free time, i find it very hard to believe that they would waste their time doing something that obvious wont hold up in court and only make the PD look bad. im waiting for a more reliable news source.

Gee, more union workers showing their obvious worth and merit to the city of NYC. Nothing new here.

Cops, TWU employees, and the worthless ConEd fucks - whom I'm assuming are unionized.

The only two groups worthy of any praise whatsoever are the FD and teachers who are making the best of an impossible situation.

"Reality Check,"

Some of us like to be able to sleep at night. I'm an agnostic who doesn't believe in an afterlife, yet I did something similar. I was lounging outside an office building on a Saturday when I saw a small family walk into it. A couple of minutes later, I noticed money on the ground outside the entrance. Three crisp, new $50 bills. When they came out, I could have kept my mouth shut and been $150 richer, but I asked them if they were missing any money. They described it perfectly so I returned it. They were grateful since they needed to pay a doctor they'd just visited in the building. Bummer, but at least I can live with myself. Who needs heaven?

And, you know this how????

you suked a kops kok?

The police know that those who commit serious crimes in the subway will also commit lesser offenses of opportunity. So the police "bait" the stations where they are investigating serious offenses. The police first set this trap at the Jamaica Center station, where there had recently been an brutal rape of a deaf woman. The cops understand that their trap will also catch a number of nosey do-gooders, but if the suspect turns up without a record of theft, the DA will never indict. And think about it this way - if the police leave the White female busybody alone while arresting the thuggish looking young black man, they would be guilty of profiling.

lc: If that's a true story, you're going to be really disappointed when you find out there's no such thing as heaven. Shoulda kept the $200.

lc: If that's a true story, you're an awesome person.

I hear the next step will be to leave suspicious-looking but harmless packages in the subways. If you report it but accidentally let slip the wrong word in there, like "I'm not sure, but it looks like a bomb," you'll be arrested for making a bomb threat.

The new NYPD: Numbskulls, Yukels, Putzes and Dunces.

As has been said before, where is the oversight??? Has Ray Kelly really screwed things up so badly that an operation like this is deemed 1) legal 'enough' 2) a good idea 3) of even having a remote chance of a successful prosecution. Are NYPD officers really this stupid?? I guess that is a resounding YES.

What, the NYPD acting like a bunch of idiot thugs? THAT NEVER HAPPENS.

They do it for free, right? Someone tell me we don't actually put our taxes up to pay these pointless morons? Would someone who can vote please do something? Thanks.

I guess the cops have to do something on days when they can't arrest "reckless bicycle parades"

That was my first thought when I read this piece. The new slogan on the subway is "If you see something, run the hell away!"

Well, they say ifyou see an unattended bag to report it, right? So report it to the token clerk and watch them empty the station and bring in the bomb squad.

You CANNOT 'steal' personal property that has been left abandoned in a public place with no apparent owner in sight. Legally, any 'theft' charge arising from such action is unsustainable in court. This only constitutes harassment AND a waste of valuable police time & resources.

What if someone picks up the property in order to take it over to the booth & hand it over to the attendant?. What if someone goes thru the property trying to find any owner contact info to try and return it?. Hell, what if they decide to keep it, after all it WAS abandoned in a public place!.

What comes next?. Cops pretending to have heart attacks on the subway platform in order to bust anyone who tries to give them CPR ...FOR PRACTICING MEDICINE WITHOUT A LICENSE?.

Unf*ckingbelievable.

Funny all these busts happen at the Columbus Circle station. I was stopped there, too.

Just 2 months ago, I saw a portable DVD player left on a subway bench. I was going to pick it up but a MTA station cleaner saw it and looked around to see if anyone saw him. then he took it.

Guess from now on if I see a wallet or cell phone, I'll make believe I tripped on a crack and kick it onto the tracks.

Thanks a lot NYPD for making good guys the bad guys.