Judge clears student punished for good deed

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 8, 2009

ATTLEBORO, Mass.—A college student from Attleboro who turned over a pocketbook he found to police, then was accused of stealing $1,000 from it, has been cleared of a larceny charge.

The arrest put 20-year-old Endri Cenolli’s career plans at risk. The criminal justice major at Curry College wants to go into law enforcement.

Those plans are on track after a judge found him not guilty on Wednesday. Cenolli told The Sun Chronicle of Attleboro he was elated with the decision.

The pocketbook, containing more than $1,000, credit cards and foreign currency, was stolen in December 2007 from a van in a parking lot. The thief apparently took the money and dumped the pocketbook in Cenolli’s building.

Cenolli was arrested when he turned it over because police thought he was acting suspiciously.

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Posted by ( Smitty ) on January 08, 2009 at 2:11 pm

And police and some people wonder why others ‘refuse to get involved’!

Today, with the butt-backwards way some policemen/departments have of making accusations, situations like this aren’t the exception—they’re the rule.

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Posted by ( john ) on January 08, 2009 at 1:17 pm

A fine example of “Guilty Until Proven Innocent”....how about an apology..this charge will never be completely erased….good luck kid.

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