Sanitation Worker Finds $22K in Trash Bin

[Champ]

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. - Andrew Pritt has found some unique and valuable things while working as a trash collector, but none of them came close to the metal box he recently found under a trash bin.



Pritt, 51, of Mount Pleasant found roughly $22,000 in the box under a rollout trash receptacle while working Monday in downtown Mount Pleasant, the Morning Sun reported.


When Pritt first found the box, he didn't think much of it and threw it in the back of his truck. But on his way back to Waste Management in Harrison, Pritt stopped at a rest area, popped open the box and was stunned to find the cash.


He called Mount Pleasant police and said he was headed back to the city to drop off the money.


After Pritt gave the money to police, officers looked at paperwork in the box and determined the money belonged to a city resident, Inspector Tom Forsberg said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&ncid=816&e=2&u=/ap/20040930/ap_on_fe_st/trash_treasure

[JohnKleeb]

1. goddamnit

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2. Ummm

Unless that "city resident" has a damn good excuse for that wad of cash ending up under a trash bin, I'd say finders keepers.

[Deja Q]

3. Ever throw an old bill away?

Is it finder's keeper's for them to 'find' your information and use it?

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4. I bought a shredder a few months ago

After dealing with a bit of identity theft. I always assume someone is going through my trash these days.

Your point is well taken, though. I'm just cheering for the garbage man.:bounce:

[BlueJazz]

5. So He called the Police?

..and he turned in the money?

Yeah..That's Exactly what I would have done.

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