I dodged a real bullet today...

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I was in a Publix shopping center, near University and Atlantic Blvd. I found two active credit cards, and a non-expired driver's license sitting right on top, in the trash, when I went to throw something away. The driver's license had been replaced; because apparently DMV puts the month, date, and year, when this happens. If I have contact info, or an address when I find something; I will usually contact the victim directly; figuring that they would want their stuff returned ASAP! However... My gut intuition kept telling me to turn the items over to the police; even though I came close to changing my mind. When I arrived at the station, I told the officer where I found the items. I asked him if I should turn them into them, or the owner of the property? He said that he wanted to look their info up first, to see if maybe it was involved in a robbery; or they reported the items lost, and/or stolen. The officer about had a cow when he saw the info... Apparently... This guy (who was up in age)...had a rap sheet so long, he told me that it was mind boggling. All arrests were listed as felonies. The majority of the felonies were for assaults mainly against women, and a few men. The officer told me their pass records indicated that this guy has spent most of his life in and out of jail/prison. In fact... He just got out of the joint, the other day. He told me that these items could have been deliberately placed there, to setup his next victim; which could well have been me, had I not listened to my inner intuition. The officer said that they will probably contact him, to find out his story concerning how the items ended up in the trash; placed right on top for anyone to easily find. Who knows... He could have been watching me, to see what I would do. As I was leaving... The officer told me that the likelihood of me getting a reward from this guy, will be slim to none...but hoped that good karma would come to me, in another way.