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Four teenagers turn in wallet with over $700
Four Great Falls teenagers have proved that while their age group might get a bad rap for being music-blaring, text-crazy, lazy individuals, they’re still capable of doing good in the world.
On June 22, 18-year-old Chance Cleveland was walking from a convenience store on Fox Farm Road, across the fields and the train tracks, on his way to work at Cold Stone Creamery in Marketplace.
He had no idea that his wallet, which contained more than $700 from a paycheck he’d just cashed, had disappeared, until a police officer, Steve O’Brien, showed up at the back door of Cold Stone and wanted to see him.
“I was wondering what was going on,” he said. “He gave me my wallet and every dime was there.”
Alison Taylor, 13, Korey Thompson, 14, Kaylee Olson, 14 and Sean Morris, 14, were the good Samaritans who came to Cleveland’s rescue.
Kaylee said they were headed to the park to go play basketball and saw the wallet lying near the train tracks. She said it would have been easy to just take the money, but they decided to call the police instead.
“We decided if we’d lost our wallet, we would want somebody to return it,” she said. “We were pretty glad he got it back.”
h/t Cam Edwards
Stirrin the B.S.
July 6th, 2012
Thank you for posting this story. We need to hear a little positive news about human behavior every now and then.
Hook 'em Horns!
July 6th, 2012
That would be in MONTANA. Guess the new leftist population of Montana hasn’t gotten to the kids … yet.
Tim
July 6th, 2012
Welp, they’ll never have careers in politics!
Maudie N Mandeville
July 6th, 2012
There would have been three murdered teens had a wallet been found by four teens in Detroit, New Orleans, Washington DC,……
ericthetuba
July 6th, 2012
The names of the kids (normal) and the location (Montana) might lead me to jump to conclusions as to demographics and upbringing.
cfm990
July 6th, 2012
To the rest of the utes in America. This is called honorable. No shit, Google it. Ya may be surprised.
Pickled Liver
July 6th, 2012
Hope he gave them some kind of reward!
That shouldn’t be expected either!
Pickled Liver
July 6th, 2012
@ Maudie N Mandeville – The violence would have started when the four Detroilet Yutes tried to figure out how to divide it four ways!
jclady
July 6th, 2012
@Pickled Liver — yep. Free ice cream!
Now let’s hope his boss doesn’t fire him for stealing from the company.
Running On Empty
July 6th, 2012
This is common in fly over country.
It’s the right thing to do.
Not so much in Progressive neighborhoods.
Anonymous
July 6th, 2012
What’s news is that an 18 y/o had a job that yielded $700 in one paycheck.
Ohio Dan""
July 6th, 2012
Sad that when a few honest kids do something honest it so rare an exception it is news. They will, in all likelyhood, have a good life, precisely because they are honest. Great story.
norman einstein
July 6th, 2012
@Ohio Dan”", that’s what I was thinking, too, that basic honesty is now considered newsworthy.
Not so very long ago, kids wouldn’t have to think twice about doing the right thing. And if they kept the money and went out and blew it on new sneakers or whatever, their parents would know immediately and there would be hell to pay.
Nowadays, I can easily picture teenagers finding a wallet, keeping the money and going home to tell their (single) parent of their good fortune. “High fives” would ensue all around.
DJR
July 6th, 2012
Now if only Obama would give back the contents of my wallet that he found on January 20th, 2009!
Brian in BC
July 6th, 2012
DJR…how sad is it that my first thought when reading this after being happy for the honorable kids doing the right thing was to consider what the results would have been had Obama found the wallet…isn’t it sad to have the knee-jerk reaction that he’d both find a way to make it all about him, and that he’d well nigh salivate for a reward of “a few bucks to help my reelection campaign.”
Stranded in Sonoma
July 6th, 2012
I have probably returned 5 wallets in my lifetime. There are times when I found them with money and sometimes without money. I never took any of the money. All had a driver license so I just drove to that address and knocked on the door. Not once was I offered a reward (I didn’t expect any) but surprisingly, most people were NOT very thankful. I remember returning one wallet, the man immediately looked for cash (so I’m guessing there was some money in it when he lost it), closed the wallet, gave me a dirty look thank you, and closed the door. I’m sure he thought I took it but it was empty when I found it.
Of course, these were all in Marin County, CA, so…
Goldenfoxx
July 6th, 2012
@Stranded in Sonoma: I found $200 worth of fishing/hunting licenses folded away in a plastic protector not long ago. It had the name and address of the guy who they belonged, but he lived 50 miles from where I found them. I put them in an envelope and sent them to him explaining where I had found them. About a month later, I get a letter thanking me and a $20 bill. I returned the money to him stating that it was the right thing to do and maybe someday someone will do me right. Kudos to the parents who raised those kids. I take it you live in
Sonoma County and not Marin.
D-Bad
July 6th, 2012
Big thumbs up to the kids who returned the wallet. You make us proud.
To the kid who lost the money: first of all, way to go working so hard you earn that kind of cha-ching; secondly, what were you thinking carrying that around?
Lessons here all around.
FreeMan - Save Me Sarah
July 6th, 2012
stupid crackers?
Blacksmith8✡
July 6th, 2012
Think back when you were young –
That was you walking with your friends, just hanging out.
Look where you are today. Now smile, because you know those five kids are going to be okay, just like you.