[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]It may have seemed like a gift from heaven, but hellfire and brimstone may well be the result for anybody who caught and kept part of the $80,000 in currency that fell out of the back of an armored truck Wednesday morning on the Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Technically, its the crime of theft, not finders keepers, said Capt. Greg Urban of the Green Bay Police Department. It was an accident.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]An accident, yes, but to some, the perfect storm, in which $20 bills rained down upon their heads from atop the bridge.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]An armored courier owned by Badger Armor Inc., a new company in Green Bay, was traveling north over the bridge about 7:25 a.m. when its rear doors popped open, allowing a bag of $20 bills to drop out, Urban said.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]As loose bills fluttered, motorists stopped in the middle of traffic to retrieve them by the fistful and then fled as squad cars arrived.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]We do know that several people got away with quite a bit of money, Urban said.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The money was supposed to be delivered to businesses in the Wausau area, Urban said.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]About $8,000 remains unaccounted for. Someone claiming to be a college student reportedly phoned into a local radio talk show Wednesday morning to claim he recovered about $700 and wasnt going to give it back, Urban said.
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[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Technically, its the crime of theft, not finders keepers, said Capt. Greg Urban of the Green Bay Police Department. It was an accident.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]An accident, yes, but to some, the perfect storm, in which $20 bills rained down upon their heads from atop the bridge.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]An armored courier owned by Badger Armor Inc., a new company in Green Bay, was traveling north over the bridge about 7:25 a.m. when its rear doors popped open, allowing a bag of $20 bills to drop out, Urban said.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]As loose bills fluttered, motorists stopped in the middle of traffic to retrieve them by the fistful and then fled as squad cars arrived.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]We do know that several people got away with quite a bit of money, Urban said.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The money was supposed to be delivered to businesses in the Wausau area, Urban said.[/font]
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]About $8,000 remains unaccounted for. Someone claiming to be a college student reportedly phoned into a local radio talk show Wednesday morning to claim he recovered about $700 and wasnt going to give it back, Urban said.
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