anderle Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Boy Scout finds $2,000, gives it back Posted: Today at 8:10 a.m. Updated: Today at 9:41 a.m. http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/6627837/ GREENSBORO, N.C. An 11-year-old North Carolina boy has found and returned a stolen purse with nearly $2,000 inside. The News & Record of Greensboro reports Wednesday that Edward Myers and his siblings were helping neighbors plant trees in a Greensboro park when he spotted a purse on the creek bank. The Boy Scout and his mother called the police, and the purse's owner showed up to collect. The owner told police her car was broken into on Thanksgiving. Police say the thief took $30 out of the main billfold but missed $1,900 in another compartment before flinging the purse into the creek. The owner rewarded Edward with one of the $100 bills. He gave $40 of it to his mother and spent the other $60 on a Carolina Panthers jersey. --- Information from: News & Record Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Here's one scout that understands honesty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Too bad that he took the reward, now he can't count it as his daily good turn. Stosh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortridge Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 "Police say the thief took $30 out of the main billfold but missed $1,900 in another compartment before flinging the purse into the creek." He's going to feel REALLY stupid when he reads this story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evmori Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Now that is living the Scout Oath & Law in your everyday life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baden405 Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 I read this story not too long ago. That was a great thing the Scout did. Kudos to him and his mom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blancmange Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 . . . and spent the other $60 on a Carolina Panthers jersey. Apparently adherence to the Scout law and good taste are not synonymous. :-) Kudos to Mr. Myers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYB-Mike Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Yes, kudos to the scout for his honesty. I cant blame him for taking the reward, $100 is a lot of money, but I also cant help thinking: what if the Unknown Scout took Boyces tip? YIS Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilLup Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I wonder why the young man bought a Carolina Panthers jacket and not an Official Scout Uniform including Official Scout Trousers. I know -- I have no common sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engineer61 Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Good job by that boy. My son as turned in a wallet at school this year...the Asst. Principal called to thank me for raising a good kid. He's not even a Scout. I wonder if this story would have made it to the air if the boy had not been a Scout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packsaddle Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 Nice! Good for him. The $60, sadly, was wasted. Back when I was working for the federal government, I received a performance bonus. The amount was a bit surprising: $985,985.00. It was obviously a mistake but it showed up automatically in my bank account. Actually it was kind of scary. I called my secretary immediately to tell her about it and she connected me to accounting. They told me I was mistaken and that I had received the correct bonus. So I faxed them a copy of my bank statement. I can only surmise the scramble that happened when they received it. But they couldn't figure out how it happened or where it came from. My division chief confided to me that there was a good chance that if I hadn't said anything, it never would have been noticed. nice. So then the problem was how to pay it back. I ended up writing a check for the amount to the US government. Made me a bit nervous too. It had sat for nearly two months in an interest-bearing account. I was allowed to keep the interest, not that much really, about equal to one mother-in-law present. But the real upshot is....I have an incredible credit rating! My credit card limits suddenly went to the sky and I got really nice offers from banks. Commodore Vanderbilt said that money is power. He was right. I felt relieved after unloading that back to its rightful owner. The boy can feel good having done the right thing even if it doesn't count as a good deed. It really was a good deed in his heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phibbles Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Packsaddle: your story makes me wish I knew someone who would lend me a $1million for a few months. What a great way to raise your credit score without even trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwaihir Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 He remembered trustworthy and do a good turn daily, just forgot thrifty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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