LEONARDTOWN, Md. -The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is seeking to identify and locate a suspect in connection with a theft.
On Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, at approximately 2:40 p.m., the subject shown in these surveillance camera images entered the Birdies convenience store in Mechanicsville, used the ATM to withdraw money, and then found and took an additional amount of cash that the previous ATM user had forgotten to take.
The suspect, described as a white male dressed in brown pants, a blue jacket, and a light-colored hat, left the store in a dark blue Chevrolet truck.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Deputy Myles Chase-Johnson at 301-475-4200, ext. 8175, or by email at Myles.ChaseJohnson@stmaryscountymd.gov. Please reference case #2026-6711.
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Picking up a extra 20 is a crime
Well I don’t know if I would turn it into the store or call the Sheroffs Office to turn it into. Because, if you had some young person working the cash register, I believe the sheriffs would be a better bet. But would let the store manager on duty know that the funds are with the sheriff.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
So let me get this straight. Someone took money out of an atm, and left some of it behind because they did not verify they had all their cash. Another guy comes up, takes his own money and finds extra cash that was left. Doesn’t this fall under “finders keepers”? Are they going to come after my son when he finds money left in a vending machine? Not sure this qualifies as theft.
This a stretch bro
If I find money I am keeping. I don’t care. Get over it.
Absolutely ridiculous that this was posted as a crime. The sheriffs department should issue an apology immediately