Throwing Money Away

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Irregular News for 05.15.06

 

Somerville, MA -- Officers are still pondering a big blunder at a local police station where staffers accidentally threw out thousands of dollars in cash.

 

NewsCenter 5's Gail Huff reported that it was an accident that $31, 535 was thrown out. The cash was in an old desk at the police station, which someone decided was junk. The desk was put in a trash container in back of the station and it was taken to the Somerville transfer station on the McGrath and O'Brien Highway owned by Waste Management.

 

The trash company loaded the desk onto a garbage trailer and it was hauled to a landfill in Rochester, N.H. By Wednesday, when officers discovered the mistake, they went to the landfill to find the desk but discovered it was already buried under hundreds of tons of compacted trash.

 

Somerville's acting Police Chief Robert Bradley said, " There's no way to recover it, even with heavy equipment. We know where it is, we know what it is, but we can't get to it and neither can anybody else."

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The department is investigating to determine whether anyone will face disciplinary action.

 

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[AR Husker Fan]

 

What was that amount of cash doing in an old desk in the first place?

 

If it was evidenc, it should have been in an evidence locker. If it was some kind of fund for drug buys, it should have been under lock and key.

 

"Policemans' Benevolent Fund", perhaps?

[BigRedJake]

Well, they could get to it. But it would prolly cost a large chunk of the money they dig up if not all of it.

[BIGREDIOWAN]

What complete and utter morons!!! We had a guy get fired at our department for "accidentally" (or so he says) throwing away $300.00 and he was canned the next day!!! Someone should be streched and quartered for this mistake!!!

[tattooedhusker]

dumb@$$es are so amusing