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Wis. Bridge Begins Raining $20 Bills
By Associated Press
Wed Oct 26, 6:10 PM
GREEN BAY, Wis. - It was a clear morning in Green Bay _ and then it began raining money. Traffic came to a halt on the congested bridge Wednesday after $20 bills from a money bag that had been accidentally dropped from an armored truck began blowing around and down to the Fox River banks below.
Commuters jumped out of cars, hopped dividers and nearly caused accidents trying to catch the flying cash, police said.
By the time officers arrived at around 7:34 a.m., some 10 minutes after being called, there was chaos on and below Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge.
"People were stuffing handfuls of money into their pockets and running back to their cars and speeding off," police Lt. John Balza said.
Of the $80,000 in the bag initially, some $72,000 was recovered, but almost none of it willingly, he said.
"No one was like, 'Oh here, I'm collecting this for police,'" Balza said. "They were basically seen jamming it in their pockets."
Police said they are not sure how the money bag fell out of the armored courier owned by Badger Armor Inc. There was no immediate response when The Associated Press phoned the company and left a message seeking comment.
Police Capt. Greg Urban called on people who picked up the money to be "honest and ethical" and turn it over to police.
"Technically, it's the crime of theft, not finders keepers," he said.
By Associated Press
Wed Oct 26, 6:10 PM
GREEN BAY, Wis. - It was a clear morning in Green Bay _ and then it began raining money. Traffic came to a halt on the congested bridge Wednesday after $20 bills from a money bag that had been accidentally dropped from an armored truck began blowing around and down to the Fox River banks below.
Commuters jumped out of cars, hopped dividers and nearly caused accidents trying to catch the flying cash, police said.
By the time officers arrived at around 7:34 a.m., some 10 minutes after being called, there was chaos on and below Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge.
"People were stuffing handfuls of money into their pockets and running back to their cars and speeding off," police Lt. John Balza said.
Of the $80,000 in the bag initially, some $72,000 was recovered, but almost none of it willingly, he said.
"No one was like, 'Oh here, I'm collecting this for police,'" Balza said. "They were basically seen jamming it in their pockets."
Police said they are not sure how the money bag fell out of the armored courier owned by Badger Armor Inc. There was no immediate response when The Associated Press phoned the company and left a message seeking comment.
Police Capt. Greg Urban called on people who picked up the money to be "honest and ethical" and turn it over to police.
"Technically, it's the crime of theft, not finders keepers," he said.
