Lessons learned in the boy scouts apparently are deeply ingrained, at least for one East Longmeadow resident who found a “clump” of cash totaling $250 on Meadow Street – and turned the money in at the police department.
City police report that the man, Bryan Sunter, came to the station shortly after noon on Monday and reported that he had found a clump of cash near the door of a closed Meadow Street business, British Legends.
When Sunter came to the station the community policing officer for the neighborhood, Officer Kevin Bard, was in the station and spoke with the man.
Bard, as the neighborhood’s community policing officer, knows Walter Hickling, the owner of British Legends, and called him to ask if he had lost anything recently.
When Hickling said that he had lost some money, Bard asked him how much he had lost.
When Hickling said that he had lost $250, Bard had good news for him.
In a brief telephone interview Sunter said Tuesday that he had been in the area because he arranges informational meetings for business owners about insurance offerings, when he saw the money on the ground.
When it was pointed out that not everybody would have brought $250 in found cash to police, Sunter said “Well, I am an Eagle Scout.”
Hickling said Tuesday that the money “fell out of my pocket right outside the door” and went on to say that he assumed it was found and turned in by the letter carrier because “I don’t think anyone around here would have done that.”
But, whoever found the money, Hickling said that he was pleased to get it back.
In an unrelated find, a lesser amount was found.
But, in that case, its surrender is not surprising as it was found by a police officer.
Det. Brian Fanion found an undisclosed amount of cash in the lobby of the police department Monday afternoon and, of course, surrendered the money to the dispatcher.
That money is being held at the police station pending a report of lost money and identification by the owner.
