Police Arrest Me For Taking a Bike Out Of The GARBAGE!! "North Arlington NJ"

If your rubbish bins are on your property, then they're off limits to us. However, in many places residents must put their rubbish on the curb so that the trash collectors don't have to trespass in order to get it. Where I live, trash collectors won't take your rubbish unless it's on public property. They won't come onto your property.

It's just an invasion of privacy. It is not proper to to go through someones garbage because sometimes people throw away personal stuff and its not for others tosee.

You might not be stealing but you are trespassing. and it's private property that your taking. There is (what I thought anyway) an upspoken agreement with the waste dept. that my refuse is to be disposed of properly and not used for anyones gain or used against me. Besides I don't want anyone going through my garbage, that's just creepy. And I certainly don't want anyone on my property. Much less invading my privacy.

What about the germs and diseases you must come in contact with. Yuk. Plus if you got in an accident on a bicycle because the bicycle wasn't fit to be rode you'd probably sue the previous owner for putting out a bicycle that was dangerous.

All depends.
If its on my property then its mine and only I decide if and what I want someone to pick if anything. There is a deal with garbage company where you specify how they pick it from you. When they come its their property from that moment.

Its NEVER public property here. There are public garbage dumps but those in fact have an owner. ALWAYS. There is the owner and company which is assigned to it. There are specific deals that say who is responsible for which part and the garbage is never 'free'.
Throwing garbage is a crime if you do not pay and you always have place for it. More. You need to utilize everything. You pay fee for TVs bikes furniture etc. You cant just put it anywhere like that. Many ppl do it but its illegal. You can give it to charity or make a free advert in local press or net but you cant put it openly in public (only on private property).
There are also more and more closed 'public' garbage dumps making it obvious its not free stuff. They try to close all of them. There is in fact no 'public' garbage and trash. There is always an owner and there are alway independent companies who utilize and pick it. In fact it isnt a public service but private business.

I know many are doing it ignoring the law and its mostly ignored. Its just minor crime here and police mostly do not care. It slowly starts beign put in use and Im happy bout that since Im tired of garbage beign thrown around and the mess that the divers make.
You wanna something free? There are other ways of getting it.

Absolutely - come on BRIEF - your just being stubborn for no reason at all.

One man's trash is another man's treasure.

There has to be more to the story than just taking a bike out of the trash!

We love people like the above poster. Keep up the good work! Spread this message far and wide. Lol.

So germy! It's disgusting! A guaranteed staph infection! Anyway, there's nothing of value in dumpsters or on the curb. You're better off not even looking. If I were you guys, I'd stay away from dumpsters. They're gross and EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!!

But as long as people are put off by picking and dumpster diving, our treasures are waiting for us. It's like an episode pf Scooby Doo. We don't want any competition so we perpetuate a "scary story" to keep those meddling kids off our trail. I love it.

Plus anyone picking them is probably looking for an easy dollar and would sue over any disease or injury occured while being where they shouldn't be.

When I took Business Law 101 in undergraduate school - about 35 years ago so you'll need to double check my accuracy - one of the topics was abandonment. This is information to be used only for talking to your lawyer and is not legal advice.

Anything that is abandoned is fair game because the owner has no expectation of getting the item back.

Trespassing is a separate issue. If there is a sign of no trespassing, you have to obey that.

Not so sure you can go in someone's back yard and remove it. But if the trash can is at the curb/sidewalk which is a public right of way, then it's yours if you want it.

Check with your lawyer.

It takes a special kind of person to be selfish with the things they are already throwing away.

Get a job bum, stop going through people's trash...if a bike is abandoned on your property the cops will usually tell you to keep it if you want, unless it's reported stolen but to go through someone's trash is stealing.

Also, nobody likes a camera shoved in their face...you are begging for a police state every time you steal an item or harass cops with cameras...

Anyone with money or something to lose should be concerned about some idiot suing you...so you have nothing to worry about, can't squeeze blood from a turnip.

Youre the twat, its againts the law to take items from someones trash in that state. This isnt do as you likey spain. Its still remains the property of the owner untill the trash guys take it, it then is their property by law. You have a binding contract with the trash company.

The laws are clerly stated, if you want to take something from someones trash then you need their permission or a court order. Law inforcement agencies need court orders aswell to search your trash. So shut the fuck up and get your facts straight, the OP broke the law, now he has to pay for it.

How do you know a picker is just after a discarded bike and not some bill with your credit card number on it? Bank statement, discarded expired drivers license, whatever.

I don't want somebody going through my trash and whenever they have done so, they left me an awful mess to pick up. That's how I knew they did it.

At least they could ask.

It takes a special kind of person to be selfish with the things they are already throwing away.

pretty funny watching this thread...you cant pick trash off the curb because it is the trash companies or townships property at that point, not yours, once you put it to the curb it no longer is, as for place some towns have ordinances some dont so it is not uniformly illegal, as for assholes, saying dont touch my trash, go get laid man all that pent of frustration leads to small dick syndrome from beating it too much

Poor People are not cops , shut the fuck up and get the fuck out failtard

Wholly Freak'n Cow - The States Are Really Getting Weird!!! How could you even think like that? How could your mind get in that place? Damn, I'm glad I live on an island so far away from that sort of thinking!

"Any "law" that is repugnant to the Constitution is void".
--U.S. Supreme Court

Discuss!

Trespassing for one...my trash cans sit on my property...

Only thing you have to lose is some weight you porky fuck

You are stealing but also you are trespassing. and it's private property that your taking. There is (what I thought anyway) an upspoken agreement with the waste dept. that my refuse is to be disposed of properly and not used for anyones gain or used against me. Besides I don't want anyone going through my garbage, that's just creepy. And I certainly don't want anyone on my property. Much less invading my privacy.

What about the germs and diseases you must come in contact with. Yuk. Plus if you got in an accident on a bicycle because the bicycle wasn't fit to be rode you'd probably sue the previous owner for putting out a bicycle that was dangerous.

I seriously doubt that... trash collectors will not pass curtilage to collect it.


look it up dummy.. and stop making shit up on the fly.