Hey guys, I'm in a stressed out situation and need some advice and answers. It's bit of a bizarre story, so please bare with me. I'm going to try to make the story short as possible. Please refrain from debating whether the money was from illegal means or not. I have my reasons for wanting to keep it there (temporarily) and don't want to get into discussing that.
I had around 10K cash (inside a lunch bag locked with a padlock via zippers) in a school locker which got cut off by one of the school administrators (because I didn't rent it for that semester). After seeing my lock was no longer there, I went to ask if my locker was cut off by the school, they denied it and told me to report it to the security department as theft. I did that, except I mentioned I had 2K in cash along with my other belongings. They told me to report it to the police and bring back a report number, but I didn't do that as I had no hopes of getting the money back and didn't want the police to "raise a red flag" against me.
The next week I got a call from the security saying they have my stuff. I went in and saw all my belongings there (including the lunch bag still with the padlock intact)... and signed a paper confirming I've received all my items. When I went upstairs to open up the padlock and check for my money, there was nothing in there. I went back to talk with the security supervisor, and he told me it must have been stolen. I went home and noticed that my external drive and two cellular phones which was in the locker was accessed during the week it was supposedly stolen. Note that there was nothing incriminating inside the external drive nor the cellular phones. I did, however, keep a couple of encrypted files in the external drive. I went back the next day to talk with the supervisor, and he admitted accessing the external drive "to know who it belongs to".. and "to check if the phones worked"... I found all this to be suspicious.
At this point, I went to talk with a police officer regarding the locker theft and how I was suspicious against the security department. I did mention I had around 10K and asked how the investigation would proceed if I was to file the report. He said the chances of recovering the money was slim, but the person who might have stolen the money would be arrested and charged with theft over. He also mentioned of how I could be charged with "public mischief" if I was making the whole thing up just to get 10K. And that they may require proof of how I obtained the money, etc. I told the officer I do not have any proof for all the money, and most of the money was from "buying and selling cell phones". At this point, I had a second thought about filing a report and said "I'll think about it" and left the police station. The officer did ask for my identification and I complied. I did not show him any ID but gave him my name, address and birth date.
The only reason I am wanting to file a report now is because I highly suspect the security department of taking my money. Otherwise I would just take all this as a hard lesson learned and move on with my life. I'm sure some of you might be thinking I was hiding some drug money, etc. but this isn't the case. I have no involvement with drugs and never had any trouble with the law relating to drugs.
My question is if I was to file the police report, am I going to be hassled by the police of where I obtained the money? What if I have no proof for all the money? Will there be an investigation against me? Is it possible the security department in my school is "holding on to the money" until I report it to the police? Is there any chance I could get my money back without showing any proof of where I got it? Will the police bother my parents or friends about this case (as I haven't told anyone about this)?
I had around 10K cash (inside a lunch bag locked with a padlock via zippers) in a school locker which got cut off by one of the school administrators (because I didn't rent it for that semester). After seeing my lock was no longer there, I went to ask if my locker was cut off by the school, they denied it and told me to report it to the security department as theft. I did that, except I mentioned I had 2K in cash along with my other belongings. They told me to report it to the police and bring back a report number, but I didn't do that as I had no hopes of getting the money back and didn't want the police to "raise a red flag" against me.
The next week I got a call from the security saying they have my stuff. I went in and saw all my belongings there (including the lunch bag still with the padlock intact)... and signed a paper confirming I've received all my items. When I went upstairs to open up the padlock and check for my money, there was nothing in there. I went back to talk with the security supervisor, and he told me it must have been stolen. I went home and noticed that my external drive and two cellular phones which was in the locker was accessed during the week it was supposedly stolen. Note that there was nothing incriminating inside the external drive nor the cellular phones. I did, however, keep a couple of encrypted files in the external drive. I went back the next day to talk with the supervisor, and he admitted accessing the external drive "to know who it belongs to".. and "to check if the phones worked"... I found all this to be suspicious.
At this point, I went to talk with a police officer regarding the locker theft and how I was suspicious against the security department. I did mention I had around 10K and asked how the investigation would proceed if I was to file the report. He said the chances of recovering the money was slim, but the person who might have stolen the money would be arrested and charged with theft over. He also mentioned of how I could be charged with "public mischief" if I was making the whole thing up just to get 10K. And that they may require proof of how I obtained the money, etc. I told the officer I do not have any proof for all the money, and most of the money was from "buying and selling cell phones". At this point, I had a second thought about filing a report and said "I'll think about it" and left the police station. The officer did ask for my identification and I complied. I did not show him any ID but gave him my name, address and birth date.
The only reason I am wanting to file a report now is because I highly suspect the security department of taking my money. Otherwise I would just take all this as a hard lesson learned and move on with my life. I'm sure some of you might be thinking I was hiding some drug money, etc. but this isn't the case. I have no involvement with drugs and never had any trouble with the law relating to drugs.
My question is if I was to file the police report, am I going to be hassled by the police of where I obtained the money? What if I have no proof for all the money? Will there be an investigation against me? Is it possible the security department in my school is "holding on to the money" until I report it to the police? Is there any chance I could get my money back without showing any proof of where I got it? Will the police bother my parents or friends about this case (as I haven't told anyone about this)?
