Fl. Woman Finds Full Bag Of Cash & Turns It In

There was $65,000 In The Bag
It Fell Off a Loomis Armored Car
Debbie Cole Immediately Turned It In

(CBS4) ST. PETERSBURG If you were to find a bag full of cash while walking down the road would you keep it?

A Pinellas County garbage operations employee found a plastic bag on the road stuffed with $65-thousand and immediately turned it in to authorities.

Debbie Cole decided this wasn’t a case of finders-keepers despite the fact that the plastic bag full of cash would have paid her salary for two years. Cole says she didn’t think twice about doing the right thing because she was raised to be honest.

The money fell off a Loomis armored car.

Company officials aren't sure how the mishap happened.

Cole's boss says he can't give her a bonus or reward because she's a government employee. But he says Cole might get some extra time off for her good deed.

Cole, who grew up in Long Island, said she was raised to be honest.

She said she raised her four daughters the same way.

Did Cole think for just a minute about keeping the money?

As she puts it: "To be honest, no. It didn't even cross my mind."

When in Doubt Honesty is the Best