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Cops: Man finds cell phone and demands $300 for it
[March 31, 2009] SALEM, N.H. (AP) -- Police arrested a school safety officer, saying he demanded $300 from a woman after finding her cell phone. The 30-year-old man, who works at Lawrence High School in Massachusetts, was charged Saturday with theft of lost, mislaid property.
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Police said the woman lost the phone at a Wal-Mart. The man found it and first told her she'd have to pay him $200 if she wanted it back. Police said he later upped the price to $300. The woman called police, who set up a sting operation. The man was arrested after he met the woman at a racetrack parking lot. She gave the man an envelope containing $21. After he was arrested, the man told police he was embarrassed and had made a mistake. He faces arraignment in Salem District Court next month. |
