{"id":1111,"date":"2006-06-01T09:54:26","date_gmt":"2006-06-01T17:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/06\/actually_maybe_they_can_snag_ubl_by_leaving_a_x-box_on_the_subway.html"},"modified":"2008-01-25T11:16:11","modified_gmt":"2008-01-25T16:16:11","slug":"actually_maybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/06\/actually_maybe.html","title":{"rendered":"Actually, Maybe They Can Snag UBL By Leaving A X-Box On The Subway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/news\/regionalnews\/66873.htm\">A Brooklyn judge has rebuked the NYPD<\/a> for conducting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/02\/its_a_front_row.html\">&#8220;Operation Lucky Bag&#8221;<\/a> stings in which passersby are tempted by unattended riches:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>A Brooklyn judge says the NYPD should pack it in when it comes to a controversial sting that tempts passers-by with a seemingly unattended bag full of valuables.<\/p>\n<p>Criminal Court Judge Matthew Sciarrino dismissed petit larceny and possession of stolen property charges against a Brooklyn man busted in the sting, which was first reported by The Post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The police should concentrate their noble efforts on behalf of the city on countering real crimes committed every day,&#8221; Sciarrino wrote. &#8220;They do not need to manipulate a situation where temptation may overcome even people who would normally never think of committing a crime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old was busted on Feb. 15 at the Jay Street subway station after he picked up a bag containing an X-Box, a cellphone and cash. Prosecutors said a fellow commuter urged him to turn in the bag, but he responded, &#8220;I&#8217;ll take my chances.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Brooklyn judge has rebuked the NYPD for conducting &#8220;Operation Lucky Bag&#8221; stings in which passersby are tempted by unattended riches: A Brooklyn judge says the NYPD should pack it in when it comes to a controversial sting that tempts passers-by with a seemingly unattended bag full of valuables. Criminal Court Judge Matthew Sciarrino dismissed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jerk_move","category-law_order"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}