They Reward A Man For His Honesty

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Often there are those who doubt whether being honest has its reward. Ask Bob Tracey, a worker at the Philadelphia City Bus Company.

Tracey returned home from work a year ago and spotted a black bag lying in the middle of the street. When she stopped to see what was inside, she was surprised by her life when she saw that it was full of $ 20 and $ 100 bills, totaling $ 15,200 dollars.

When interviewed by the local ABC channel, he explained that as soon as he saw all that money, the first thing that came to his mind was that it was the nightly bank deposit of some business, so he immediately called the police.

"I had to hand it over, it's just my way of being," he said.

Since then, several people have claimed the bag from the authorities, but no one presented the necessary evidence to confirm that the money was theirs. The police believe that the real owners will hardly claim it, since paraphernalia for drug use was also found in the bag.

In that situation, a judge in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania ordered that all of that cash be turned over to the man who found it.

"Every day we jail people for stealing and stealing and looting, and here we have a gentleman who finds $ 15,000 and returns it immediately," said Superintendent of Police in that city, Michael Chitwood.

To obtain the money, Tracey had to file an application with the court following what is required by state law on the discovery of lost property.