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Man Finds Bag Containing Nearly $13,000 in Cash on Garbage Can, Turns It In to Police

Man Finds Bag Containing Nearly $13,000 in Cash on Garbage Can, Turns It In to Police

June 27, 2012 Updated Jun 27, 2012 at 1:16 PM EDT

He certainly qualifies as a Good Samaritan.

According to the Clarksville (Tenn.) Leaf Chronicle, a Tennessee man found a bag continuing nearly $13,000 in cash on top of a garbage can outside a convenience store over the weekend turned it in to police, who returned the money to its owner.

The owner of the money was hospitalized after suffering a reaction to medication, according to the Leaf Chronicle report.

 

Read the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle report HERE.

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