Madison Police are praising a pair of Good Samaritans who turned in the $1,000 in cash they found bundled on the side of a curb in the downtown area last week.
According to a police report, the husband and wife, both in their 50s, went to the Madison Police Department Central District office early Thursday to turn in some found property. The woman told police she was walking on East Wilson Street around 4:45 p.m. Wednesday when she noticed something in the street, which turned out to be a stack of money. She picked up the wad of $20 bills bound by a red rubber band and took it home to show her husband, where they decided to turn the money over to the authorities.
An officer said the bills were fairly new and crisp and did not have any dye on them indicating they were taken in a bank robbery, nor did the condition of the bills fit the typical appearance of drug money. Police thanked the couple for their honesty and ethical standards for bringing in the money.
