Crime A man said he found a bag containing nearly $5,000 in a parking lot. He kept it, and 3 months later got charged with larceny.

[The Helper]

A Connecticut man said he found a bag containing nearly $5,000 in cash lying in the parking lot of a bank and kept it. But three months later, he now faces a charge of third-degree larceny.

Robert Withington, 57, said he made the discovery near a bank in Trumbull, Connecticut, on May 30, according to Trumbull Police Department.

"I walked out onto the parking lot, saw something on the ground and there was no one around so I picked it up," Withington told the Connecticut Post. "It's not like I stole something."

Withington described the moment as spontaneous, emphasizing that he didn't plan anything in advance, and telling the Connecticut Post it felt like he "hit the lottery."

A man said he found a bag containing nearly $5,000 in a parking lot. He kept it, and 3 months later got charged with larceny.

The man said finding the money was like winning the lottery. That was until Trumbull Police Department charged him with third-degree larceny.

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