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Coverage dated October 10, 2023 to October 11, 2023

Man who found bag full with $5,000 in Trumbull and claimed finders-keepers pays back town, felony charge dropped

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Robert Withington continues to believe he did not do anything wrong and blames the town employee for dropping the bag in the first place.

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  1. The Republic

    Man who found bag of cash, claimed finders-keepers, pays back town, criminal charge dropped (opens The Republic)

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    A Connecticut man who found a bag containing nearly $5,000 in cash outside a bank and claimed “finders-keepers” had a criminal charge against him dropped Wednesday after he gave the money back. Robert Withington, 57, went to Bridgeport Superior Court for a scheduled court hearing, but a state prosec…

  2. FOX 61 Hartford

    Man who found bag full with $5,000 in Trumbull and claimed finders-keepers pays back town, felony charge dropped (opens FOX 61 Hartford)

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    Robert Withington continues to believe he did not do anything wrong and blames the town employee for dropping the bag in the first place.

  3. NBC New York

    Man who found bag of cash and claimed finders-keepers pays back CT town (opens NBC New York)

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    A Connecticut man who found a bag containing nearly $5,000 in cash outside a bank and claimed “finders-keepers” had a criminal charge against him dropped Wednesday after he gave the money back. Robert Withington, 57, went to Bridgeport Superior Court for a scheduled court hearing, and a state prosec…

  4. WHDH Boston

    CT man who found bag of cash and claimed finders-keepers pays back town, felony charge dropped - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    A Connecticut man who found a bag containing nearly $5,000 in cash outside a bank and claimed “finders-keepers” had a criminal charge against him dropped

  5. WSPA Greenville-Spartanburg

    Man who found bag of cash and claimed finders-keepers pays back town, felony charge dropped (opens WSPA Greenville-Spartanburg)

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    A Connecticut man who found a bag containing nearly $5,000 in cash outside a bank and claimed “finders-keepers” had a criminal charge against him dropped Wednesday after he gave the money back.

  6. Fox News

    Connecticut man, who found and kept a bag containing nearly $5K in cash, pays back town, felony charge dropped (opens Fox News)

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    A man who tried to claim “finders-keepers" when he found a bag containing $4,761 in May has returned the money to the city of Trumbull, Connecticut, following his arrest in August.

  7. Pix11

    Connecticut man who found bag of cash and claimed finders-keepers pays back town, felony charge dropped (opens Pix11)

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    CONNECTICUT (AP) — A Connecticut man who found a bag containing nearly $5,000 in cash outside a bank and claimed “finders-keepers” had a criminal charge against him dropped Wednesday after he…

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