(For the teachers on Xanga)
February 25, 2008
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Monday
Danielle has a “play baby” from High School. She had to keep it over the weekend. It must of been programed to cry in the middle of the night & during church. It was so loud.
I was planning on going to Sioux Falls today for a meeting. It’s suppose to start raining, turning to snow.
What age do you act?
Man could get 25 years after bank error
NEW YORK (UPI) — A New York man accused of stealing $2.1 million says the incident was the result of a bank’s mistake that he had previously tried to correct.
Benjamin Lovell said he spoke to the manager and other officials at Commerce Bank after he was informed that he had an account worth $5.8 million, and all of the bank employees informed him that no mistake had been made and the money was his to do with as he pleased, the New York Post reported Thursday.
Lovell, who could face 25 years imprisonment if convicted on a charge of first-degree grand larceny, took $2.1 million from the account, investing much of it in stocks that did little but reduce his newfound wealth — only $500,000 of the money was recovered.
The error finally came to light after a second Benjamin Lovell noticed the money missing from his account, the newspaper said. The bank contacted police after the second Lovell brought the error to its attention. Authorities said the bank confused the two men’s Social Security numbers.
A Brooklyn Criminal Court judge ordered the accused Lovell to be held Tuesday in lieu of $3 million bond or $1 million cash bail.
If you were on the jury would you convict this person?
Comments (18)
Wow! That’s a tough one! I once told a WalMart clerk that she gave me too much change. She informed me that she didn’t make mistakes. When I informed her that I had walked into the store with only $30.00 and that she gave me change for $40.00, she told me that she didn’t make mistakes. When I asked her if she needed my phone number so that she could call me when her drawer came up short, she told me that she didn’t make mistakes. I got tired of arguing and went to the CSM. I gave her the story and my information, just in case. Apparantly, she didn’t make a mistake because no one called. But………I do know that I only had one ten and one twenty in cash when I walked into that place.
I don’t think i could convict. The bank told him the money was his. He tried to give it back… He should have to give some restitution, but I think the bank should be tried!
Should Adam have taken a bite of the apple? Who hasn’t taken advantage of their expenses when travelling on business? Who doesn’t surf the net and play on Xanga in company-time? Temptation is a hard thing to resist and this is a matter of degree, so yes I would convict hiim, but I wouldn’t sentence him too harshly. I would make the bank take the loss and sentence him to a long period of community service (like every weekend for the next five years). Shou
That would be tough. I’m leaning towards SavonDuJour’s answer.
I have no idea what age I act. It depends on the moment, I guess.
The man tried his best to straighten out the bank’s error. They told him everything was A-OK … The bank should take the loss……… ~Carolyn
I’m leaning towards SavonDuJour’s answer too…
And hey, Randy!
awwww i remember those babies back in highschool.
i remember perfectly when i had my baby. mine cried a lot too
and the weekend came and i couldnt really hang out because of the baby. lol
i was so upset i couldnt hang out with my friends that weekend. lol
opps! Intersting………
I’d have to say that I would. As “inocent” as he was he still chose to do the wrong thing. He could have just put the money in a savings account and kept the interest from it. But instead, even though he knew the money wasn’t his, he used it.
From what you said, no. But, lawyers have a way of pulling rabbits out of hats.
always get everything in writting.
he knew it wasn’t his money even if no one else did and isn’t that character or the meaning is to do good even if no one else sees you.
He willingly chose to do the wrong thing despite the error. That’s like getting back too much change after checking out. Once we checked out of a store in those self checkout things. Someone had inadvertently stuck 5′s in the ones and we happened to get three one’s back. As easy as it would have been to continue walking as it was the store’s mistake, upon realizing the error we turned back to inform them. In good conscience I could not do that with the knowledge I had.
I’d have to find the man guilty. He didn’t try hard enough to resolve the issue. However, it too was the bank’s responsibility to check proper ID, especially if they have to patrons with the same name. They should be the one’s repaying the wronged individual.
As for the sentence of this gentleman, I’d say community service would be the best option…
HAHA! Baby think it over!!! I had one of those, I layed it down on a soda cooler at a skating rink party, and it got knocked off, then, my friend was carrying it around like an idiot, and dropped it on the floor…Then, My mom was dumb enough to believe I cut the bracelet off my arm, because it made a rash on my arm, and the teacher believed me too
Make sure she knows, real babies ARENT THAT BAD…afterall, real babies dont have a KEY strapped to YOUR arm, so you CANT let other people take care of the baby. they make you think youre the only one who can take care of the baby LOL!
<3Ashley
Seems like he was pretty dumb to take the money and do stuff with it, but the bank told him that it was his to do with as he pleased! I sure wouldn’t convict him! That was a BANK screwup.
Mess ups on both ends, most people should know that money isn’t free….I would have kept the money and let it make interest!! hahaha
Blessings to you,
Mike
Bank needs to be held accountable too.
depend on all the evidences but most of the time it is tough to go with ur gut instinct cause sometime it wrong.
Funny comic. I had a student who wrote Jesus in every fill in the blank. I questioned him about it and he said, “I thought Jesus was always the answer!”