Woman Returns Lockbox Containing $40,000

[Dean]

Woman Returns Lockbox Containing $40,000

Jun 7, 5:06 PM (ET)

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) - Broken Arrow police are praising a Coweta woman who found a loaded lockbox from an automated teller machine and turned it in to authorities.

Teresa Stiles was putting gas into her car when she saw the lockbox, which contained about $40,000, fall off a Brinks truck onto a street Monday morning. When neither the truck's driver nor other people nearby responded, Stiles retrieved the box from the roadway, put it in her car and drove straight to the Broken Arrow Police Department.

"It felt weird," said Stiles, who feared someone might think she was stealing the box. "It was really kind of nervewracking."

She said she looked for a phone number or other contact information on the box, but there was none. She said she did not know how much money was in the box, which was fully intact and still sealed when she took it to police.

Broken Arrow police spokeswoman Capt. Carole Newell said authorities think the lockbox fell off the Brinks truck after the box had been picked up from a nearby Bank of America ATM.

Police and Brinks officials have contacted Stiles to thank her for her honesty. Stiles said Brinks officials have told her they want to do something for her in appreciation, although she said it's not necessary.

"I would hope that if anybody else would find it they would have done the same thing I did," Stiles said.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060607/D8I3K058I.html

[Hmph]

I used to think I'd do the same, now after all I've been through probably wouldn't have noticed it, would have just left it if noticed, or if I noticed it was cash, figure finder's keepers losers weepers.

I heard about kids in Houston finding 250,000.00 in cash - unmarked drug money. now that shit I'd surely keep. and give it away to folks in need since it was made illegally. and wouldn't lose sleep over the dealers loss either.

[Silly Wabbit]

I would probably not return it. People will never learn not to lose things if people keep returning stuff. J/K I'd give it back.

[Dean]

I'd keep the illegal money, unless I thought there was a chance they could track me down. I don't need that kind of trouble. I wouldn't want to live like Maurice Clarett, a bullet proof vest and a car full of automatic weapons.

The Brink's money I'd have to return, maybe it would save the driver's job.

[MsNikaPooh]

She needs a 10% finders fee or people will never return things. Drug money would never ever get returned not even if I thought they might know I found it. Simply would be a case of sorry Mister I have no idea what you are talking about.

[Hmph]

I cannot believe kids KNOWINGLY returned a drug dealers money, well after they spent a little and got scared. 250,000.00 found - cash! their parents made them give it back. this happened in Houston. dumbasses.

a drug dealer loses his money, and I find it, oh-friggin-well, my heart bleeds for ya as I'm counting and stashing cash everywhere