Lost and Found News
Thieves Loot French Wine Merchant in Massive Heist
24 Feb 2007
Pulling a page straight out of Ocean's 11, professional thieves in France purportedly made off with almost $8,000,000 US (€6,000,000) in top-flight Bordeaux wines in what police suspect was an inside job. The thieves' loot consisted of over 3000 bottles of grand cru classé (read: top shelf) Bordeux wines, namely Lafite-Rothschild, Latour, Mouton-Rothschild, and various other exclusive vintages. Inhouse employees determined the bottles were missing only after someone noticed empty spaces in the bins of the stock room this past Monday morning. "After completing an inventory, we realized we were missing over 250 cases of our most prestigious wines," said Laurent Barrier, export… more
After 20 Years A Ring Lost and Found
23 Feb 2007
It's an unlikely story - after more than two decades, the lost college ring of a retired undercover CIA agent was reported found in an underwater cave. In early February, a staff writer named Steven Ruic at Notre Dame college was e-mailed by a professional diver from Germany claiming he'd found a ring bearing the Notre Dame insignia. The diver discovered the lost ring - engraved with 1976 as the graduation year - while diving near Africa's Maurtius coast. Unfortunately the ring was without the thin, underside piece that typically bears the owner's name. Hoping to reunite the owner with their long… more
Winter Wear Floods Lost and Found Bins
22 Feb 2007
Almost like clockwork every year, a mountain of jackets begins to grow in school lost and found bins throughout the country. While the mornings are still brisk, youngsters head off to school donning warm winter coats, but return in the warmer afternoon hours sans coat. And without any idea where it might be. In Tempe, Arizona, pink princess sweaters and boy's hoodies overflow the lost and found bin, while the massive pile of similar wintry goods rises nearly four feet high in a hallway of Herrera Elementary School in Phoenix. After a number of months with no likelihood of an owner coming to… more
Mardi Gras Goers Reunited with Lost and Found Items
20 Feb 2007
Much is lost and found during the annual Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans - wallets, dignity, and delicate articles of clothing spring to mind. Getting your lost items back has never been easy. But if you're still searching for your lost keys, lost dog, or lost cell phone, you could be in luck. Mardi Gras Inc. is actively searching for owners of lost items found at this year's event. The company's team are tracking down leads and calling potential owners in the hopes of reuniting owners with lost "stuff". Colder than average temperatures limited turnout to the annual Mardi Gras event… more
Lost and Found in St Louis
11 Feb 2007
Certainly we've all felt it ... that small twinge of discomfort, as we realize we've misplaced something. The search begins and gains in momentum as it fails to bear any fruit, until it finally ends in a sort of panic, as the truth becomes obvious: no amount of searching will bring your lost item back-it's really gone. With any luck, whatever you have lost will end up found by a good Samaritan, and your search will end happily. Everyone has felt this at some point. From misplacing your keys and tearing the house upside down for hours, only to realize… more
Better the Odds of Finding Your Lost Pet
8 Feb 2007
Discovering that you have a lost cat or dog is one of the worst feelings a pet owner can have. Not knowing whether your animal is alive, injured, stolen, or worse, is a great cause of anxiety and distress. All too often, a simple trip to the park, or quick jaunt around the block can end up with the heartbreak of a missing animal, as they slip out of the collar, or run off when playing unleashed. Odds are typically fairly slim of getting a lost dog or lost cat back, but even more so if the animal is not wearing… more
Waiting For A Ring
1 Feb 2007
LONGMONT - It's been 10 years, but Don Alspaugh still waits for the stranger to call. He has no idea where she lives. He hopes she's still alive. The stranger, most likely a woman, holds the answer to a mystery. On Jan. 14, 1997, the Longmont attorney found two women's rings in the snow while picking up his son from Denver International Airport. He has never given up on finding the owner. He won't sell them or give them away, even though they're worth about $5,000. "I don't own them (the rings)," Alspaugh, 64, said. "They are not mine." Almost every year since he found… more
After More Than 38 Years Man Gets Class Ring Back
31 Jan 2007
Tony Brown remembers hearing a ping. - The then-Lexington High School student immediately knew what had happened. His cherished high school class ring had slipped from his soapy finger while he was working at a car wash one summer day in 1968. It bounced off the concrete and disappeared. Brown and his coworkers searched diligently for it, to no avail. He thought he would never see his ring again. Little did Brown, a 1969 Lexington graduate, realize at the time is that he'd put that same ring on his finger more than 38 years later.… more
Items Left Unclaimed at Lost and Found
31 Jan 2007
A wedding dress was found on a conference table at City Museum. A half slip and high heels turned up at America's Center. A child's tooth in a baggie - including money from the Tooth Fairy - was left behind at the St. Louis Zoo. Welcome to the world of lost and found, where everyone has been a finder, keeper, loser or weeper. Cell phones, wallets, sunglasses and single gloves tend to be the items turned in most frequently to lost-and-found counters in hotels, restaurants, parks and stadiums. Getting a handle on exactly how many items are classified as lost or found… more
Lost and found Identification key to finding missing pets
15 Jan 2007
Stacy Carrier, a social work major at the University of North Alabama, screamed, jumped and gave thanks when she saw Eli, her 1-year-old half beagle, half border collie. Three days before, a quick jaunt outside for the dog turned into a search that included posting fliers, calling vets and finally visiting the Florence-Lauderdale Animal Shelter where she found Eli. "It's fabulous," she exclaimed upon retrieving her dog, who wasn't wearing a collar when he ventured off. "I was almost getting adjusted to the fact that I wasn't going to have a dog."… more
Wallet and Kindness and the Lost and Found
10 Jan 2007
Christmas spirit was in full effect at Chick-fil-A in Stafford County recently. After a visit to the restaurant's drive-through window, I realized my wallet was gone. In a panic I went back and asked if a wallet was turned in. I searched the grounds to no avail. It's hard to describe how upset I was, as the wallet contained all of my Christmas money. I started to pray; it was a tough lesson to learn.… more
Dog Lost In Colorado Found In Tennessee
4 Jan 2007
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Seven months after disappearing from her yard in Colorado, a little rat terrier named Daisy walked into the arms of Tracie Crass in Knoxville, some 1,300 miles away, and got an airplane ride home. "The kindness of people gives you a reason to believe," said Daisy's owner Vonda Lundstrom of Aurora, Colo. "It's the best Christmas present." Crass spotted 2-year-old Daisy wandering down her sidewalk on Christmas night. She assumed the 12-pound dog had slipped out of its home amid holiday festivities. So she brought the pooch on her porch and waited for its owner to come looking for it.… more
Hotels Haul of Lost and Found Treasure
3 Jan 2007
FORGETFUL guests have turned hotel lost and found departments into treasure troves of weird and wonderful items. A spy's top secret dossier, a wooden leg and thousands of pounds in cash are among some of the more bizarre things left behind in 2006. And hotels across the city have their own catalogues of unusual finds.… more
Tales from the Lost and Found
2 Jan 2007
Excerpt: But if photos make up the bulk of lost and found, they are by no means the whole picture. Shopping lists, unpaid bills, uncashed paychecks and laminated obituaries turn up regularly. "I keep waiting for the $50 bill," says Bange, before recalling that a co-worker actually did come across a $50 bill a few years ago. Her most memorable find, unfortunately, was several years ago when she was a student teacher in Louisiana and library books still had pockets for check-out cards inside their covers. Tucked into one returned book was a used chaw of tobacco.… more
What Once Was Lost is Still Being Found
19 Aug 2006
If you lost something a year ago and you were in the Stoughton area, you might want to check with the fire department's lost and found. The Stoughton fire chief says they have returned items the size of kitchen tables, that landed 100 miles away from where the tornado picked them up. Wedding pictures, dolls, toboggans just about anything you can imagine was blown away in the twister. And over the last year, people living east of Stoughton have been finding these possessions in their yards.… more
Pound Is A Lost And Found For Homeless Dogs
20 Jul 2006
Puppy love is suffering from heat, summer storms, and a heavy dose of misconception. Animal Control Officer Carolee Mason said, "I think people get young dogs and it's for their kids." Adding the necessity to care for a growing puppy to caring for children and managing a career can compound already hectic lives, she suggested. "People don't have time and eventually dogs don't fit into the family," she said. Many of those dogs end up at the pound and under Ms Mason's care. She and her assistant, Kennel Attendant Amy Andras, care for the dogs displaced from their homes, or who are homeless. "People… more
Better Check the Lost and Found
15 Jul 2006
So you’re wondering whatever happened to that silver ingot you picked up when Louisville’s Coca-Cola bottling plant rolled over its 75-year anniversary. Surely, you remember that day well, Steven Kraft. It was quite a few years ago, but silver can’t just disappear. Perhaps you misplaced it. You put it somewhere safe where you knew no one would bother it. And have long since forgotten where that place was. And what about that gold pocket watch you put in the same place?… more
Lost Wallet Found 60 Years Later
12 Jun 2006
(WCCO) Milladore, Wis. Do you know what's in your wallet? It can say a lot about you. One wallet is saying a lot, more than 60 years after it was lost. It tells the story of a Minneapolis Navy man named Robert McIntyre stationed in England during World War II. A construction worker in England discovered this piece of history. And not until now have the missing pieces fallen into the right hands. In rural Wisconsin, McIntyre's daughter Cynthia McIntyre Kane was surprised to open the dusty, worn leather flaps of the wallet. "This I believe is a drivers license, here's the postmark from… more
Lost and Found Stolen Lawn Ornaments Recovered in Saugus
10 Jun 2006
SAUGUS - Can you help this gnome find his home? While not quite the stuff of an Amber Alert, Saugus police are hoping the public might help restore half a dozen lawn ornaments to their rightful owners. Spirited away from area front lawns in late May - police suspect by members of the Saugus High School senior class for a senior prank - police reclaimed a bevy of lawn ornaments from Saugus High last weekend, after a startled member of the janitorial staff called local authorities to report finding the ill-gotten decorations spread about the school's campus. A joke's a joke, said the… more
Students Bid on Lost and Found
31 May 2006
More than 40 people went to the University Park for the Annual Lost and Found Auction held by the Games Room and Commercial Services on Thursday. The Lost and Found Auction, which began around the early 1970s, is an event where different items left in the Lost and Found for more than a six-month period are auctioned off at the end of the academic school year. "We try to make the auction happen every year in the spring," said Tim Shoemaker, the coordinator of the Games Room and Commercial Services. The auction has been a relatively successful event in the past and this… more
WWII Pilot Lost and Found
19 May 2006
WHITPAIN - He was a pilot last heard from on Nov. 28, 1942, near Bellingham, Washington - on his way home to visit his six-week-old newborn daughter. A memorial service will be held today to honor Lt. Kenneth Ambrose, nearly a decade after his plane was discovered by hikers on Mt. Baker and identified and three years after researchers located his last remaining relative in Whitpain. "At first I thought it was kind of a hoax," said Kathleen Edwards on learning in 2003 that her father's plane had been found. In 2006, a military unit known as JPAC, for Joint POW-MIA Accounting Command,… more