personally, at least with the guy complaining about being embarrassed, he needs a wahmbulance and to stop being such a bitch.
now, on the other side of it… thats not right. How can the cops tell if “X” person plans on returning it or not? Just leaving it in plain view, with nobody around is retarded. I wouldn’t be surprised if more than one person who actually intended to try and return it was nabbed.
instead of leaving it on the ground or on a bench, they should send in an undercover and leave the wallet hanging out of his pocket and wait to get pick pocketed. At least you know what their intention was