Ronald and Imogene Crowder pose with Yekaterina Shneyderova, who returned $2,000 to the couple, and Value Village District Manager Lance Letson
When I was in Jr. High, I found a cash box in a field near my house. The combination lock was broken, it was open and there were many documents like deeds and passports etc., no cash. I collected the documents strewn around along with the box and took them home. I gave the items to my mother so she could contact the owners.
Apparently, their home had been broken into and there were quite a few things stolen. I had thought they would be thankful to have some of these important documents returned, but they accused me of breaking into their home and stealing these items. My mother was very upset at the idea that they could even consider me as a suspect. The police even interviewed me.
It’s nice to see this college student doing the right thing, but it could have gone the other way too.