Family finds bags of money in the
road
(CNN)A Virginia family was just trying to get
out of the coronavirus blues by taking a long drive when they found what turned
out to be nearly $1 million in cash in the middle of the road.
A car in front of the Schantz
family had swerved out of the way of what appeared to be a big bag of trash,
Maj. Scott Moser of the Caroline County Sheriff's Department told CNN. The
Schantz family, however, didn't have time to do the same.
The Schantz family went to church
with one of the county's sheriffs. He told the family to call the office.
"We went out there and
determined it was, in fact, cash. It was in two bags and the total was close to
$1 million," Moser said.
Within the two larger bags were
smaller ones, each containing some information on where the money should have
been deposited.
The Sheriff's department
conducted its own investigation before turning it over the United States Postal
Service, which is now looking into the matter.
"It's really a credit to
just the character and fiber of the family," Moser said. "I'm sure
it'd be difficult to make that decision. It's almost $1 million in cash. But
they did the right thing."
