Man Finds $140,000, Turns It In To Cops

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[messierhunter]

I agree, what I’m really trying to say is that if I were him I’d feel borderline-used afterwards, as if the reward was just there to be just enough to satisfy the PR image. Even though that may also be the driving force behind larger rewards that are sometimes given, at least I could tell myself that wasn’t the case. I don’t know if I could convince myself of it in this case.

[Orange1998]

Did she repond it would take another 100.

[messierhunter]

They might have accused him of stealing it and spending the other 20,000 lol. “Thief turns himself in” might have been the headline.

[PleaseNoMore]

Once I went through the drive through of a local bank and cashed a 700.00 check written to me by someone who had an account there. The teller gave me the $$ AND the check back without running it through that encoder machine thing. I didn't realize it until I was a few miles from the bank. I turned around and took the check back to her and she cried tears of relief. I COULD have taken that same check and cashed it again, but my conscious would never let me live with doing that. I've also returned excess change givent to me by mistake, etc.

But, $140,000.00 found in the middle of the street??? Man, that would be tempting. Very tempting.

[PGR88]

$140K on the ground? I would be looking over my shoulder all the time for the drug-dealers who I would imagine would want their money back.

[Rome2000]

BOA probably makes 140K every second in overdraft fees.

[Turbopilot]

[Old Professer]

Shoulda had a V-8...

[varyouga]

I wonder how much $ bad cops keep from $ found in drug busts.

I knew some now-DEA agents that got in it for this very reason. Finding millions in cash with nobody looking was their dream.

Then there's the tiny percentage of agents that are in it 'for the children'.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Rich people? Probably not a lot.

But probably a lot of people who use a lawn service post here.

[varyouga]

If the cops found the cash on him they would take it anyway.

All cash over $10,000 is drug money until YOU prove that you earned and saved it.

[Doctor Raoul]

Good point. My suggestion for his ad.

Eli Estrada & Son Landscaping
Bonded & Insured
And We Turned In $140K That We Found

Talk about pre-screeded, if that's not an integrity check, what is?

[devere]

Mother is correct.

[maine-iac7]

I agree with his mother....

Me too. A pox on them

[Joe 6-pack]

"God will bless him. Doing the right thing is its own reward."

Well for starters, he'll be able to look himself in the mirror every morning.

[copaliscrossing]

And what do you think he will end up with after the gubmint confiscates some of it for taxes.....$900, $1.2k ???

[maine-iac7]

I take it that the bank knew there was $140k in the bag to start with (and not $160k, or $180k, or...)?

If you're implying the gardener may have taken some off the top............ I wonder if someone who would suspicion this isn't an

just wondering

[petercooper]

Or hit the roulette wheel- all in on Black

[Xenalyte]

I like to think I’d do the right thing.

Then I look at what I owe the IRS this year and realize I’m not entirely principled.

[Gator113]

Good for Mr. Estrada. He did the right thing.

It is said that every man has his price. I suspect that most men have considered or fantasized just what their price might be.

I too may have a price, but I truly don’t know what it would be.

I do know that my integrity is worth far more than $140K, and I also know that once you have sold or given away your integrity, no amount of money can ever buy it back. It’s just gone, that part of what makes a man know in his heart that he is a good man.... is forever gone.

When I was a kid I used to wonder...... “If there are no witnesses, am I truly alone?” I didn’t think so then and I don’t think so now. (heck, if nothing else, there are those Ten Suggestions). ;>)

If my life leads me to living with just myself, I would like to respect and trust that guy.

Besides, if honesty and integrity wasn’t important to me, I might have become a politician.

Again, Mr. Estrada did the right thing.

BTW.... None of what I say pertains to those stupid sport fishing rules. ;>)