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Teens find, return $7,700 in cash
LINDSBORG, Kan., (UPI) -- A group of Kansas teenagers
who discovered a purse containing $7,700 at the side of an interstate said turning the money in was the right thing to do.
The eight teenagers, all recent graduates of Smoky Valley High School in Lindsborg, said they discovered the purse at the side of Interstate 135 late May 16 and immediately decided to take it to the Lindsborg Police Station, The Kansas City (Mo.) Star reported Thursday.
"It would have been an awesome summer if we'd kept it," said Becky Johnson, one of the teenagers. "But then, it wouldn't have been, either. There was just no way we were going to keep it. I'm not saying we didn't talk about it. But it was more like joking around. We knew what we had to do."
Lindsborg Police Chief Tim Berggren praised the teenagers for returning the money, which belonged to a 60-year-old woman planning to use the cash for her recently deceased husband's memorial.
"I think it's a tribute to their parents, their teachers and themselves," Berggren said. "How easy would it have been to take the money out and throw the purse out the window?
LINDSBORG, Kan., (UPI) -- A group of Kansas teenagers
who discovered a purse containing $7,700 at the side of an interstate said turning the money in was the right thing to do.
The eight teenagers, all recent graduates of Smoky Valley High School in Lindsborg, said they discovered the purse at the side of Interstate 135 late May 16 and immediately decided to take it to the Lindsborg Police Station, The Kansas City (Mo.) Star reported Thursday.
"It would have been an awesome summer if we'd kept it," said Becky Johnson, one of the teenagers. "But then, it wouldn't have been, either. There was just no way we were going to keep it. I'm not saying we didn't talk about it. But it was more like joking around. We knew what we had to do."
Lindsborg Police Chief Tim Berggren praised the teenagers for returning the money, which belonged to a 60-year-old woman planning to use the cash for her recently deceased husband's memorial.
"I think it's a tribute to their parents, their teachers and themselves," Berggren said. "How easy would it have been to take the money out and throw the purse out the window?
