From the ArcaMax Publishing, Weird News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/weirdnews/s-564989-706715
CHICAGO (UPI) -- A Lisle, Ill., woman who found $5,000 in the back
seat of a Chicago taxi says the driver began running up the fare once
she told him what she'd found.
"He wouldn't let me out of the car," Ginny Narsete told the Chicago
Sun-Times.
Narsete, 57, was taking the cab to the train station in Chicago
Thursday night when she noticed a bag with the logo of La Bamba, a
Mexican restaurant with 19 locations, including one in downtown
Chicago. Inside the bag, was a deposit slip and $5,000 in cash, she
told the Sun-Times.
Narsete told the driver to take her to a police station so she could
drop off the money. The driver, however, just kept driving while
insisting the money should be left at a cab stand.
Narsete called her husband, who yelled at the driver and threatened to
call 911 if the driver did not immediately drive to the police
station, the Sun-Times said. At the station, the police determined the
bag had been forgotten by a restaurant manager, said Ramiro Aguas,
co-owner of the restaurant chain.
"It was very nice of her to bring that money back," Aguas said.
As for the cab driver, he took Narsete's last $20 for his fare and
disappeared, leaving police to get her to the train station.