Now, newly obtained police body camera video reveals what happened when the 37-year-old barber faced a six-figure temptation \u2014 and chose honesty over cash flow.<\/p>\n
“Bro, you know what I felt when I seen it? I got scared, bro,” the man told a Lewisville police officer. “I didn’t get excited.”<\/p>\n
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The discovery happened Aug. 3 at a Bank of America ATM in Lewisville. Police say the man and his 42-year-old friend found two bags left behind, one containing $128,514.<\/p>\n
The cash had apparently been forgotten by a Brink’s crew servicing the ATM.<\/p>\n
But the man wasn’t looking for a windfall that day. He was looking for enough money to pay his rent.<\/p>\n
“I’m arguing with her at the Walmart because I’m short on rent,” he explained to the officer. “Go to the ATM, I’m short 100.”<\/p>\n
Then came the money. And the fear.<\/p>\n
“Bro, I got scared, man. I started shaking. I’m like, what do I do? I called the laws.”<\/p>\n
The man, who asked CBS News Texas not to identify him, told police he has a felony on his record. Instead of taking the cash, he called the authorities and went searching for its rightful owner.<\/p>\n
A label on the bag led him to a nearby Chick-fil-A restaurant. The money wasn’t the restaurant’s, but the location offered a clue.<\/p>\n
A Lewisville Chick-fil-A owner explained that a nearby business, now operating as Hawaiian Bros, had once been a Chick-fil-A. The ATM apparently still carried the old restaurant’s identification.<\/p>\n
The restaurant owner contacted the police.<\/p>\n
“Literally, it’s cash,” the caller told a 911 dispatcher.<\/p>\n
When an officer arrived, even he struggled to believe the amount.<\/p>\n
“When I saw the notes, I was like, you mean $128, right?” Officer J. Nazario recalled.<\/p>\n
Although the cash was considered abandoned property, Nazario explained that its identifying labels made clear it belonged to someone.<\/p>\n
The temptation wasn’t lost on either man.<\/p>\n
“I could have took off today. Spent it in Mexico,” the barber admitted.<\/p>\n
Instead, he walked away without a dime of what could have been rent and then some.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t take a dollar, bro. I swear to God,” he told the officer.<\/p>\n
Bank of America told CBS News Texas it expressed gratitude for the man’s actions, but did not confirm whether he received a financial reward.<\/p>\n
The officer, however, made sure the man didn’t leave without something valuable: recognition.<\/p>\n
“It takes a lot to do the right thing. And I can’t commend you enough,” the officer said. “Especially, like you said, in this day and age, that’s impressive.”<\/p>\n
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