Flower Lovers Blog

A little gray garden statue that was turned in to the Billings Police Department will soon be offered up for sale to bidders around the world.

The statue of a little girl clutching a flower will have plenty of company.

“You check out our site,” said Josh Hyneman. “We’ve got just about everything.”

Hyneman works for Property Room, a company that picks up unclaimed evidence and found property from police departments all over the country and then auctions them off online, splitting the proceeds with the agency.

Hyneman, a truck driver for Property Room, made a quick stop in Billings on Wednesday, visiting the Police Department’s evidence building on Midland Road to pick up a load of unclaimed bicycles and some other odds and ends, including the garden statue.

The city contracted with Property Room last June, according to Deputy Police Chief Tim O’Connell. He said the department signed on with Property Room because it was offered $ 60,000 worth of evidence-processing software made by a company that partners with Property Room.

O’Connell said the department wanted the software but couldn’t afford it. Under its contra……………. continues on Billings Gazette

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