Woman Turns in Bag Stuffed With $65,000

A county garbage operations employee found a plastic bag on the road stuffed with $65,000 Thursday — and immediately turned it in to authorities.

It turned out the money had fallen off a Loomis armored car a half hour before Debbie Cole found it near the Pinellas County solid waste operations facility where she works. First she thought it was a turtle in the road.

The 53-year-old Largo woman found the bag just before 7 a.m., full of enough $50 and $100 bills to pay her salary for two years. She immediately contacted a supervisor, who called deputies.

Did she think for just a minute about keeping the money?
''Everyone keeps asking me that,'' Cole said. ''To be honest, no. It didn't even cross my mind.''

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

''Everyone keeps asking me that,'' Cole said. ''To be honest, no. It didn't even cross my mind.''

This lady is a hero. I hope she received some kind of reward for her honesty and integrity.