Think about the luckiest moment of your life - money wise. No, not finding your partner, or having your kids - that random $5 bill you found on the floor that one time... or even just a nickel?
Well, that absolutely pales in comparison to the $128,000 this man found. And, in a shocking turn of events, per Dexerto, the money wasn't connected to any criminal activity, unlike other situations where a lot of money has been found.
Now, let's set the scene: a 37-year-old Lewisville, Texas barber is heading to a Bank of America ATM to grab some cash. There, he finds something most would regard as a miracle: $128,000 or so in cash alongside 19 checks.
"The bag was just sitting there," Lewisville Police Detective Gina Miller explained. "It looked like it was just left there by accident."
While it's not exactly clear where the bags originated from at first, the barber was keen to find out who it belonged to. That's right - he didn't take the money for himself as you'd expect most people would.
First stop - Chick-fil-A, because information pointed to the money belonging to them. No dice, though - a manager informed the barber it wasn't theirs.
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Of course, the logical next step is giving it to the police, given he couldn't find out where it came from. So, he called 911, and gave them the money. And, shockingly enough, after it was counted, it matched the $128,514 from a bank receipt in the bag. That means not a soul had touched it or tampered with it - meaning the money was clean!
This was a pretty wild case for the Lewisville cops. Like most other police stations, they were used to dealing with dirty money. Lewisville Police Chief Brook Rollins described the whole thing "rare". "And then to not find [the money] connected to any criminal activity is certainly unusual."
And now, the big question - where did the money come from, who did it belong to? Well, it turns out that, after all that, it was Bank of America's cash. Police figured out that the money had been left behind by workers who were "servicing the ATM".
