HONESTY PAYS: GOOD SAMARITAN GIVEN MONEY HE FOUND AND TURNED IN TO POLICE

November 29, 2011 (Chula Vista) -- Even in challenging economic times, people do the right thing. On June 30, 2011, a construction worker at Sharp Hospital in Chula Vista found $700 in cash. He brought the money to a hospital staff member, who notified police.

 Information about the found money was then published in a local newspaper,but it went unclaimed. After the required waiting period had passed, apolice department employee notified the good Samaritan that he was entitled  to the money, and it was given to him on November 18.