SHERIDAN, AR – A Central Arkansas man says he found an envelope full of money and wants to get it back to the rightful owner.
He’s asked on his Facebook page if someone can provide the amount of money and when they lost it. If they can he’ll give it back.
He would only tell us it’s a “considerable amount”.
People say it was the right thing to do, trying to return the money.
“I think that’s pretty good of them you know?” said Ed House.
Stuart Dalrymple said, “He wants to do the right thing and give it back to the person that deserves it.”
And Ruth Haskins added, “It’s good that they’re trying to give it back.”
According to a Facebook post by a guy named Tom Corp, someone found money in an envelope near the Valero gas station in Sheridan.
Tuesday (10/7) Tom took to Facebook to see if anyone could say exactly how much money was in it and when it was lost, trying to find who it belongs to.
Richard Trahan suggested the man, “… took the time to put something on there without taking the money themselves.”
The post has been shared more than 100 times. The comments on the post have called him awesome, nice and noble.
Now that police have got wind of the situation however, they say charges could be possible for this kind of thing.
“At first it sounded like a scam,” remarked Sheridan Police Chief Bob Adams saying social media wasn’t the way to go.
According to the Sheridan Police Department if someone did actually find money like this and didn’t report it to authorities, they could be charged with “theft of property lost or mislaid”.
Chief Adams said, “If it is indeed a legitimate case where someone found a large sum of money they need to turn it over to authorities and not be posting it on Facebook.”
Some of the same people who praised the situation considered the alternative of turning it over to police.
“That’d been a good idea,” Haskins then added. “That’d been a great idea.”
Dalrymple agreed, “That’s probably what I would do.”
House also suggested, “… you have to wonder a little bit too with all the scams going on, if it’s a real deal.”
Then again, besides Tom and whoever might have, in fact, lost the money, who really knows?
Trahan insisted, “Scam or not, if somebody really found the money, I say congratulations to them and more props to them for being honest and putting the post out there wherever it is and I hope the people find it.”
He’s asked on his Facebook page if someone can provide the amount of money and when they lost it. If they can he’ll give it back.
He would only tell us it’s a “considerable amount”.
People say it was the right thing to do, trying to return the money.
“I think that’s pretty good of them you know?” said Ed House.
Stuart Dalrymple said, “He wants to do the right thing and give it back to the person that deserves it.”
And Ruth Haskins added, “It’s good that they’re trying to give it back.”
According to a Facebook post by a guy named Tom Corp, someone found money in an envelope near the Valero gas station in Sheridan.
Tuesday (10/7) Tom took to Facebook to see if anyone could say exactly how much money was in it and when it was lost, trying to find who it belongs to.
Richard Trahan suggested the man, “… took the time to put something on there without taking the money themselves.”
The post has been shared more than 100 times. The comments on the post have called him awesome, nice and noble.
Now that police have got wind of the situation however, they say charges could be possible for this kind of thing.
“At first it sounded like a scam,” remarked Sheridan Police Chief Bob Adams saying social media wasn’t the way to go.
According to the Sheridan Police Department if someone did actually find money like this and didn’t report it to authorities, they could be charged with “theft of property lost or mislaid”.
Chief Adams said, “If it is indeed a legitimate case where someone found a large sum of money they need to turn it over to authorities and not be posting it on Facebook.”
Some of the same people who praised the situation considered the alternative of turning it over to police.
“That’d been a good idea,” Haskins then added. “That’d been a great idea.”
Dalrymple agreed, “That’s probably what I would do.”
House also suggested, “… you have to wonder a little bit too with all the scams going on, if it’s a real deal.”
Then again, besides Tom and whoever might have, in fact, lost the money, who really knows?
Trahan insisted, “Scam or not, if somebody really found the money, I say congratulations to them and more props to them for being honest and putting the post out there wherever it is and I hope the people find it.”
