You do not have to report it to the police unless your conscious just begs for such...the police typically dont keep a record of this kind of thing, especially given the dollar amount of a lost iPhone being administered under $500...the point where the scale tips from petty to misdemeanor...and that would only apply to a stolen phone, which this is not...even if it WAS stolen originally, you've already cleared yourself of receipt of stolen goods by attempting to find the owner in atleast one way (which is all that is required).
Basically...if what you said was true, and you have no qualms about bugging the local P.D. about a lost cell phone and filing a report which will uselessly tie up this matter for months with a 99.99% chance of no resolution... tether that bad boy up and enjoy a quicker iPhone.
11-02-2010 08:38 PM