man pulled $200k out of shared bank account and threw it on the freeway. Family wants it back

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.nbc15.com/2023/04/13/man-throws-200k-cash-out-car-window-onto-interstate-police-say/

People are still searching the sides of the highway, hoping to find more of the money.

However, police said it’s all been accounted for.

Oregon State Police Lt. Jim Andrews said anyone who stopped on the scene did a “pretty good job of cleaning it all up.”


Andrews said the money belonged to 38-year-old Colin Davis McCarthy and his family. Andrews said McCarthy drained the family’s shared bank account in cash and then let it fly along the freeway.

Andrews said there is “little” that police can do for the family, because it was a shared account with McCarthy’s name on it.

“Because it’s shared, they both have equal interests in the money,” he said.

McCarthy is not facing any charges. Troopers considered charging him with disorderly conduct or reckless endangering, but ultimately chose not to do so.

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The family said although the chances are slim, they’re asking anyone who found any of the cash to return it to Oregon State Police because that money is “very much needed” by the family.

[leftyladyfrommo]

1. Was he stoned? nt

[Vinca]

2. Wasn't that a scene from "Breaking Bad" when Jesse Pinkman drives along a street

tossing money out the window? I'm afraid the family is SOL. If he did it of his own free will, it's finders keepers.

[Kaleva]

3. Family wants money back because they say its very much needed

I was mad at myself for losing a 5 lb bag of coleslaw mix that had cost me $7.

I guess it's all relative.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

7. family learned lesson..double signature for withdrawal on shared accounts

[Kaleva]

8. That lesson cost the family the low, low price of $200k

[JI7]

4. Why did he do that ?

[Kaleva]

5. He said he was doing well for himself and wanted to share.

[SYFROYH]

6. What were you arrested for, kid?

What were you arrested for, kid?

And I said, "Littering." And they all moved away from me on the bench

[Kennah]

9. "And creating a public nuisance." Then they all moved back.