Instead of "now I own..." it would be more accurate to say that the author has been tricked by the police into maintaining custody of the records, without havin

Instead of "now I own..." it would be more accurate to say that the author has been tricked by the police into maintaining custody of the records, without having any ownership claim to them, and being unable to sell them or give them away because they're obviously stolen property, and being unable to dispose of them because they're obviously evidence of a crime (theft).