Same thing I did. Went over and rang their doorbell. (They were still open, in the process of unloading a truck full of coinstar coin boxes from an unmarked box truck. ) Told the person who answered the door that someone had left the door open on the armored car. He said that they knew about it already, they had deliberately left it that way, and not to worry,as it was empty. So I went on about my business.
I did wonder, as many years ago, when my employer had first moved into the current location, a package of money fell out of one of the armored trucks onto the street in front of our driveway. One of our employees, who is now the office manager, saw this as he was pulling in to work. So he goes and knocks on the door of Brinks, and they basically blew him off. So he goes and looks at it again. Big package, lots of pictures of dead presidents visible through the shrink wrap. So he goes back to Brinks and says, no, really, there is a big package of money you guys dropped in the street. So, a brinks guard comes out to look. The guard is described as the oldest guard he has ever seen. Guard looks at it, says something on his radio, and the two of them start shoving it towards the building. (it's too heavy for him to pick up by himself) By the time they get to the door, a bunch of brinks guys with shotguns and everything come streaming out. They take the big bundle of money, and the brinks supervisor takes a statement from our guy. Supervisor reads the label on the bundle. Hundred and some thousand dollars in cash. Supervisor also mentions that the driver of the truck that it fell out of was already fired, but just didn't know it yet. Our guy asks if there is a reward or anything. Supervisor doesn't know, but said he would ask. Six months later, a brinks manager comes over and offers a 25 dollar gift certificate. Our guy is insulted and tells him to piss off. Because he had asked a lawyer about the situation. massachusetts law on stuff that falls off of motor vehicles on the public road is pretty specific. As long as the driver is there on the scene, it is still his (or his company's) property. Once the driver of the vehicle has left the scene, unless the driver was taken from the scene by ambulance or by arrest, finders keepers, unless the finder is a cop or other emergency responder on duty on the scene.
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I did wonder, as many years ago, when my employer had first moved into the current location, a package of money fell out of one of the armored trucks onto the street in front of our driveway. One of our employees, who is now the office manager, saw this as he was pulling in to work. So he goes and knocks on the door of Brinks, and they basically blew him off. So he goes and looks at it again. Big package, lots of pictures of dead presidents visible through the shrink wrap. So he goes back to Brinks and says, no, really, there is a big package of money you guys dropped in the street.
So, a brinks guard comes out to look. The guard is described as the oldest guard he has ever seen. Guard looks at it, says something on his radio, and the two of them start shoving it towards the building. (it's too heavy for him to pick up by himself) By the time they get to the door, a bunch of brinks guys with shotguns and everything come streaming out. They take the big bundle of money, and the brinks supervisor takes a statement from our guy. Supervisor reads the label on the bundle. Hundred and some thousand dollars in cash. Supervisor also mentions that the driver of the truck that it fell out of was already fired, but just didn't know it yet.
Our guy asks if there is a reward or anything. Supervisor doesn't know, but said he would ask. Six months later, a brinks manager comes over and offers a 25 dollar gift certificate. Our guy is insulted and tells him to piss off. Because he had asked a lawyer about the situation. massachusetts law on stuff that falls off of motor vehicles on the public road is pretty specific. As long as the driver is there on the scene, it is still his (or his company's) property. Once the driver of the vehicle has left the scene, unless the driver was taken from the scene by ambulance or by arrest, finders keepers, unless the finder is a cop or other emergency responder on duty on the scene.