WHAT HAPPENED
A Georgia police department’s Facebook appeal to identify a man who pocketed $30 from a Walmart floor drew widespread ridicule online before the cash was eventually returned. The Albany Police Department posted a surveillance image on August 18 of an older man walking through the store, asking the public for tips that could lead to his identification. Officers said the man had spotted the dropped bill and kept it rather than handing it to employees. The department provided a tipline number and framed the incident as a case requiring community assistance. Social media commenters quickly mocked the request as a misallocation of police resources.
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