ointer: crazy!Video captured more than a dozen people getting out of their vehicles on Tuesday to grab money that was flying all over a Georgia interstate, police said.
Dunwoody police responded to Interstate 285 around 8 p.m. Tuesday after about $175,000 was reported to be “flying all over the road,” said Sgt. Robert Parsons, public information officer.
The 911 callers reported that more than 15 vehicles had stopped on the interstate in Dunwoody, some 17 miles from Atlanta, and people were “frantically taking the money,” according to a post on the Dunwoody Police Department’s Facebook page.
The post said when officers arrived, they spotted an armored truck on the right shoulder of the interstate.
“The armored car crew said the side door came open while they were driving and money spilled out onto 285,” police said.
Parsons told Fox News that the crew was not sure exactly how much money spilled out of the truck, but reported it to be about $175,000.
“The company has yet to confirm the exact amount,” Parsons added.
Police said officers and the armored truck crew gathered a few hundred dollars still on hand when officers arrived, “but plenty was taken by passerby’s sticky fingers.”
“While we certainly understand the temptation, it’s still theft and the money should be returned,” police said in the Facebook post on Tuesday.
“We are thankful there were no crashes or pedestrians struck as a result of this isolated cash storm.”
On Wednesday, Dunwoody police wrote on the department’s Facebook page that some people have been bringing back the scattered bills.
The post included a picture of a man returning cash and said, “So, believe it or not, some people have been returning the money that fell from the armored car on I-285.”
“We understand it was a bizarre occurrence, but do the right thing and return the money,” police wrote in the post.
Parsons told Fox News on Wednesday that three people had come in so far, returning $2,750.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/video-sh...ping-to-grab-175000-in-flying-cash-on-highway
Dunwoody police responded to Interstate 285 around 8 p.m. Tuesday after about $175,000 was reported to be “flying all over the road,” said Sgt. Robert Parsons, public information officer.
The 911 callers reported that more than 15 vehicles had stopped on the interstate in Dunwoody, some 17 miles from Atlanta, and people were “frantically taking the money,” according to a post on the Dunwoody Police Department’s Facebook page.
The post said when officers arrived, they spotted an armored truck on the right shoulder of the interstate.
“The armored car crew said the side door came open while they were driving and money spilled out onto 285,” police said.
Parsons told Fox News that the crew was not sure exactly how much money spilled out of the truck, but reported it to be about $175,000.
“The company has yet to confirm the exact amount,” Parsons added.
Police said officers and the armored truck crew gathered a few hundred dollars still on hand when officers arrived, “but plenty was taken by passerby’s sticky fingers.”
“While we certainly understand the temptation, it’s still theft and the money should be returned,” police said in the Facebook post on Tuesday.
“We are thankful there were no crashes or pedestrians struck as a result of this isolated cash storm.”
On Wednesday, Dunwoody police wrote on the department’s Facebook page that some people have been bringing back the scattered bills.
The post included a picture of a man returning cash and said, “So, believe it or not, some people have been returning the money that fell from the armored car on I-285.”
“We understand it was a bizarre occurrence, but do the right thing and return the money,” police wrote in the post.
Parsons told Fox News on Wednesday that three people had come in so far, returning $2,750.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/video-sh...ping-to-grab-175000-in-flying-cash-on-highway
hno:It is a great video , shows how these street Mart people play it, grab some cash and make a dash before the Po-Po come, wait too long you get nothing !
Go home tally it up, decide what to turn in, I disagree with BAS about next day, stash your 90% cut, turn in something quickly after carefully stashing your commission safely
175k ain't that much, split amoungst dozens of circumstancal opportunists, that turn something in ...no problem hiding it, likely just a few k, pay cash instead of charging at a store, for example
These looters knew to grab some and get out of Dodge real fast.
That is really free money dropping on you
Somehow it makes me think of the WKRPepisode where they drop live turkey from a helicopter for a Thanksgiving promo, not knowing turkeys can't fly !...even if they could, why wouldn't they just fly away ?
Go home tally it up, decide what to turn in, I disagree with BAS about next day, stash your 90% cut, turn in something quickly after carefully stashing your commission safely
175k ain't that much, split amoungst dozens of circumstancal opportunists, that turn something in ...no problem hiding it, likely just a few k, pay cash instead of charging at a store, for example
These looters knew to grab some and get out of Dodge real fast.
That is really free money dropping on you
Somehow it makes me think of the WKRPepisode where they drop live turkey from a helicopter for a Thanksgiving promo, not knowing turkeys can't fly !...even if they could, why wouldn't they just fly away ?
