After a court battle, a judge has ruled that federal agents will keep nearly $18,000 found in a backpack on an Amtrak train at Washington's Union Station. A federal judge said the couple's story "defies common sense." In 2014, a good Samaritan told police he had found $17,900 in a backpack that he mistakenly carried off a train. Rodriguez's mother and her domestic partner formally claimed ownership of the money and asked in a court order for the cash. Authorities traced the backpack to a man named Peter Rodriguez, who was later arrested for selling drugs in New York City.

Source: Fox News August 11, 2016 10:18 UTC