{"id":451769,"date":"2026-09-30T03:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T03:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/451769\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T03:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T03:58:08","slug":"north-texas-man-finds-more-than-128000-on-top-of-a-banks-atm-and-returns-every-dollar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/451769\/","title":{"rendered":"North Texas man finds more than $128,000 on top of a bank&#8217;s ATM \u2014 and returns every dollar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A routine trip to a Lewisville ATM could have changed one man&#8217;s financial life a bit. Instead, it revealed something rich about his character.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/tag\/lewisville-police-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lewisville police <\/a>say a 37-year-old man found a bag stuffed with $128,514 in cash sitting on top of a Bank of America ATM on West Main Street on Aug. 3. There was also a smaller bag containing 19 checks.<\/p>\n<p>Not a dollar of the cash was missing when the police got it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve never had a case like this before, ever,&#8221; Lewisville Police Detective Gina Miller said.<\/p>\n<p>According to a police report, the man and a 42-year-old woman had gone to the ATM to withdraw money when they spotted the bags. The information on one of the bags pointed to Chick-fil-A.<\/p>\n<p>The man, who is a barber in Lewisville, asked not to be identified. He told CBS News Texas he couldn&#8217;t speak about the incident. Police said he was the person who called 911.  <\/p>\n<p>Police say he drove to a nearby Chick-fil-A, believing the money might belong to the restaurant. A manager told him it did not.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the cash bag was a bank receipt showing exactly how much money was supposed to be there: $128,514.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s exactly how much police counted.<\/p>\n<p>An officer counted the money twice and verified the total with a digital currency counter before the cash was sealed and secured in the Lewisville Police Department property room.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think to find that kind of money, or that amount of money, is certainly rare,&#8221; Lewisville Police Chief Brook Rollins said. &#8220;That&#8217;s very unusual. And then to not find it connected to any criminal activity is certainly unusual.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>How $128,514 was left behind at a Lewisville ATM<\/p>\n<p>Police reports show the money belonged to Bank of America and was being handled by its cash vendor, Brinks.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said a Brinks technician serviced the ATM and was supposed to take the money, but accidentally left the funds on top of the machine.<\/p>\n<p>Police found no indication that the cash was connected to a crime.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The bag was just sitting there,&#8221; Miller said. &#8220;There was no indication of a crime occurring. It looked like it was just left there by accident.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/tag\/bank-of-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bank of America <\/a>has since recovered the money.<\/p>\n<p>Brinks declined to discuss the specifics of the incident, saying in a statement that, as a general practice, it does not comment on law enforcement matters involving the safety of its employees or others.<\/p>\n<p>Lewisville police want to honor the man who returned the money<\/p>\n<p>Police say they now want to recognize the man whose decision made the unusual case even more remarkable.<\/p>\n<p>Miller has handled cases involving people returning wallets, IDs and other lost property. But six figures in cash?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve had cases where good Samaritans have turned in property that they found, wallets, IDs, things like that,&#8221; Miller said. &#8220;But in the case of $128,000, I&#8217;ve never had somebody turn in that kind of money before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rollins said the episode also demonstrates how much police departments depend on the communities they serve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are one half of the equation, the police; the other half is the community,&#8221; Rollins said.<\/p>\n<p>As for why the man handed over a bag containing enough cash to make almost anyone stop and stare, Rollins offered a simple explanation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just think he just thinks it&#8217;s the right thing to do and doesn&#8217;t think it goes beyond that,&#8221; Rollins said.<\/p>\n<p>For Lewisville police, the case came with no robbery, no theft and no missing money. Just $128,514 \u2014 and one man who decided every dollar belonged to somebody else.<\/p>\n<p>Miller said there is no &#8220;Finders keepers, losers weepers.&#8221; The detective said people have to do due diligence to return what&#8217;s discovered or end up in trouble with the law. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The man told CBS News Texas that if the police department honors him, he&#8217;ll gladly attend a private ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A routine trip to a Lewisville ATM could have changed one man&#8217;s financial life a bit. 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