5th grader takes $10K from grandparents' safe. Hands out it on bus

[Liberal_in_LA]

Police stop generous Ind. 5th-grader with $10,000

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

(12-23) 04:55 PST Selma, Ind. (AP) --

Police say a fifth-grader handed out about $300 to others on the bus ride to his eastern Indiana school. Problem is, they say, the cash was among some $10,000 he took from his grandparents' safe.


Delaware County Sheriff George Sheridan says the boy was riding the bus to Selma Elementary School when he handed out the money on Friday, the last school day before Christmas vacation began.

Children who received the ones, fives and twenties told teachers and the principal, and the sheriff's department was called.

Officers found the boy carrying the rest of the cash, which was returned to his grandparents. Police weren't certain what he intended to do with the money or how he got it from the safe.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/12/23/national/a045523S06.DTL#ixzz0aZPk8v55

[UndertheOcean]

1. 10K in a safe is safer than a bank account ?

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. I'm surprised the 'authorities' didn't try to confiscate the money

Thinking of those past horror stories where feds or cops consfiscate bundles of cash from citizens and make them prove the money is theirs

[MercutioATC]

12. It is if you don't give a 12-year-old the combination...

Jeez :eyes:

[MichiganVote]

2. Oh my.....

[benld74]

3. L14R5L3R25L10R66

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. huh?

[KansDem]

6. That doesn't help...

We need the address too! ;)

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. oh...it's a combination. doh!

[LiberalFighter]

9. 6 turns? Seems a lot

[rwheeler31]

8. At least the child was sharing.

[bigwillq]

10. .....

:rofl: :thumbsup:

[TwilightGardener]

11. Hope Grandma and Gramps invest some of that money in deadbolts

or a security system. That's the sort of news you don't want getting around.

[Fuzz]

13. or gold, gold GOLD! Rush and Hannity says it's a great investment!

;)