[Man50D]

Why do I get the feeling someone from Loomis is about to lose his or her job?

[Larry Lucido]

plastic bag on the road stuffed with $65,000

Hope they used heavy-duty plastic, and that it was firmly zip-locked.

[MaryFromMichigan]

Nice story!
Pleases me that the reason she stopped was to help a turtle cross the road!

[Fairview]

If I found $65K in drug money, I promise you no one would be writing news articles about how I stupidly turned it in to the government.

[John Leland 1789]

Is it illegal for Loomis to give this woman a reasonable reward?

[rightwingextremist1776]

Why can’t I find a bag full of money! Of course, I’d donate it to Hitlery (I’m sure she would find SOME way of accepting it) and then turn myself in....

[econjack]

It turned out the money had fallen off a Loomis armored car half an hour before...

I can hear W.C. Fields saying:

"Ah, yes...the old $65,000-fell-off-the-armored-car trick..."

[T.Smith]

Unless it was stone cold obvious where the money came from, I don’t think I would have turned it in. I just can’t see myself handing $65k over to the government.

[kenth]

"It turned out the money had fallen off a Loomis armored car"

Off, not from or out of, but off; sounds like someone set the bag on a bumper, fender, etc. (top is probably too high to be convenient) and forgot about it. The worst I've done is the occasional soda.

Though I suppose it could have been intentional, hoping to retrieve the fallen bag later.

[macmedic892]

Apparently, Congressman William Jefferson (Democrat-Louisiana) was sending a freezer to the landfill but forgot to clean out the “goodies” first!

/sarc

[popdonnelly]

“It turned out the money had fallen off a Loomis armored car”

Whoops!

[quark]

A hiring manager interviewing three women for a secretarial position asked each this question: If you found a $50 bill on the sidewalk, what would you do? The first woman replied that she would immediately report her discovery to the police, the second stated she would hold the money and turn it in if it were reported missing, and the third said she would keep the money and say nothing.

Q: Which woman got the job?

A: The one with the large breasts.

[LibKill]

This woman’s integrity should make most politicians die of shame by comparison.

[lowbridge]

Another case of finding money that fell offf a truck (in Pennsylvania):

Money for Nothing (1993)

Finders Keepers: The Story of a Man Who Found $1 Million

Synopsis: When Joey, a likable longshoreman from the city's working class happens upon $1.2 million in unmarked casino money on his way to score drugs, his life is turned upside down. He lives the week following the discovery in a whirlwind, plotting his future even as he grows anxious that he could be found out, captured, or even killed. The pulsing suspense never lets up as the entire city of Philadelphia is swept up in the hunt for he missing money and Joey struggles with an incredible moral dilemma.

Book Magazine: Bowden follows the success of Black Hawk Down and Killing Pablo with another tale of drama culled from real life. His latest nonfiction book tells the story of Joey Coyle, a drug addict from Philadelphia who in 1981 found $1.2 million in unmarked casino money that had fallen off an armored truck. Coyle's remarkable predicament attracted the attention of Hollywood producers, who worked with Bowden to make 1993's Money for Nothing , starring John Cusack. Coyle's ultimately tragic tale provides a fine showcase for Bowden's talents as a storyteller