What is the name of your state? Virginia
I'm not sure where to put this question so I'll start here.
A realtor bought a property in our community with the intention of flipping it for a quick profit. Every weekend, he's peppered the streets leading to and inside the area with open house signs - every 20 feet or so - placed on the strip between the sidewalk and the curb at corners and in front of other houses, plus put bunches of balloons on each corner tied to the street signs. Any attention is good attention I guess. A few residents are upset at how trashy it looks and have removed the signs and cut the balloons free. This weekend the realtor was out placing more signs, got upset that the signs had been removed and called the police. An officer went door to door asking if anyone knew about it. I was working in my yard when he came by to talk. He asked if I knew who had done it or had seen anything and I said "I really can't say I'm sure but I do know folks don't like what these look like all over the place." He said that whoever took the signs may be guilty of petty larceny. Here's the question. Is he right or do the signs (and balloons) become abandoned property once placed and walked away from? I'm thinking that they fall into the same category as a bag of trash placed at the curb and moving them would not be "theft". Personally I'm thankful that someone is taking time to remove the litter from our streets.
When talking, the cop said he thought I knew more about it than I was saying. I just smiled and asked if there was anything else I could help him with, and if not I had work to do.What is the name of your state?
I'm not sure where to put this question so I'll start here.
A realtor bought a property in our community with the intention of flipping it for a quick profit. Every weekend, he's peppered the streets leading to and inside the area with open house signs - every 20 feet or so - placed on the strip between the sidewalk and the curb at corners and in front of other houses, plus put bunches of balloons on each corner tied to the street signs. Any attention is good attention I guess. A few residents are upset at how trashy it looks and have removed the signs and cut the balloons free. This weekend the realtor was out placing more signs, got upset that the signs had been removed and called the police. An officer went door to door asking if anyone knew about it. I was working in my yard when he came by to talk. He asked if I knew who had done it or had seen anything and I said "I really can't say I'm sure but I do know folks don't like what these look like all over the place." He said that whoever took the signs may be guilty of petty larceny. Here's the question. Is he right or do the signs (and balloons) become abandoned property once placed and walked away from? I'm thinking that they fall into the same category as a bag of trash placed at the curb and moving them would not be "theft". Personally I'm thankful that someone is taking time to remove the litter from our streets.
When talking, the cop said he thought I knew more about it than I was saying. I just smiled and asked if there was anything else I could help him with, and if not I had work to do.What is the name of your state?