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You’ll Never Guess What Police Found in This 6th Grader’s Backpack

Mar. 13, 2013 5:30pm Jason Howerton

A 12-year-old girl showed up to school on Monday with a backpack full of money — about $20,000 in cash to be exact. Police in Taylor, Mich. are now investigating where the sixth grader got that kind of money.

Officials with the Taylor School District were notified on Monday after the student apparently began giving out $100 bills to other students, WXYZ-TV reports. She reportedly gave one student $200 and another $500.

The 12-year-old girl reportedly told police that she got it from a “friend” that lives across the street in her neighborhood.

Police confiscated the money as evidence and will hold it until the rightful owners of the cash can provide an explanation of where it came from.

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AllWeatherPatriot
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:33pm
Does this kid live across the street from Ben Bernanke? Maybe the helicopter broke down and Plan B involved children with backpacks full of money. No sillier than what they are doing in reality.

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- Restored One
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 7:40pm
  Is she going too be put on the terror list for making an oddly large transaction?
  
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- KickinBack
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 8:02pm
  She’s just spreading the wealth.
  
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- Lord Lucifer Rothschild
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:25pm
  Take a look who is on the board of Directors of the Bank For International Settlements…http://www.bis.org/about/board.htm
  
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- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:41pm
  Today, Obama named her to head the fed.
  Even though she has never been the CEO of Goldman/Sachs,
  nor has she cheated on her taxes, Obama felt she was well qualified.
  
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- chingachgook
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 12:10am
  every one has $20,000 haning around the house right??????? We are not getting the whole story.
  
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- grimjack3791
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:18am
  So they will grill a 6 year old about $20k but not John Corzine and $2 Billion?
  
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- NONCENTS
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 9:26am
  What’s the big deal, she used her neighbor’s money and rode a high on the derivatives market, people like Corzine do it all the time!
  
  However, if she did, I bet this little girl sees prosecution, -unlike Corzine.
  
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- searcher619
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 9:50am
  She’s carrying out this administration’s agenda. Damn those police for getting in the way of a child’s attempt to redistribute wealth!
  
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- The_Cabrito_Goat
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 5:22pm
  It’s ironic, money was one of my guesses.
  
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garbagecanlogic
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:30pm
Why no mention of her race?

Praise Be To Obama. Psalm 109:8

The U.N. Out Of The U.S.
The U.S. Out Of The U.N.

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- Welcome Black Carter
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:42pm
  Every topic does not come down to “race”. I think we should strive to rise abobe it. My gosh, we now have a Pope from the Americas…
  
  She’s black.
  
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- Welcome Black Carter
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:46pm
  If she were white she would have distrubuted the 100s equally…
  
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- Kisses6350
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:56pm
  Can you go one day without mentioning Race? Get a hobby! Sew something,eat something,buy something! Just hush with ya Race Bait Hatting Ass!
  
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- dylan
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 8:27pm
  Yes!!!
  
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- Maji
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:42pm
  Favored,
  It’s like an AR15, you don’t Need that kinda of money!
  500 hundred is more than enough…You must be up to no good
  if you keep money!
  I have statistics that say this (just made that up but hopful you don’t know that).
  Besides…all the smart people (laughable isn’t it??) say the same thing!!
  
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tcpubelle
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:25pm
Wait until this girl’s parents find out what kind of gift tax liability they have just incurred.
Regarding the news reporter’s remarks about the likelihood of most of us,”never holding that much money at one time”…apparently the financial history of the Wehrmact Republic escapes her, and what we’re really talking about is the price of a Taco and a small drink next year. (You just gotta love the Fed)
Talk about your tax-bracket creep coming our way (“creep” used as both the verb and the noun form).
That $20K represents a mere 75% of the 2014 hourly minimum wage of $26.6 K/hr …which is why you will not want to work more than 3 hours total next year.
(We 98 percenters have got to stick together down here…which should be a lot easier since we won’t be able to afford hot showers.)
I’m gonna git me a Obama fone! Ah gotz lots ‘o kids and we can all git Obama fonzes!

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- Favored93
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:44pm
  What bothers me is that the police won’t give that money back to the family who owns … OWNS it unless they have a good explanation as to how they got it?!?!?! So now having cash in your house makes you a suspect that has to tell the police just how you got your cash?!?
  Am I the only one out here who is bothered by this?
  The only thing that makes them “suspect” is that they keep cash in their house. Golly could it be that this family just does not trust the banks to keep THEIR money safe so they keep it at home? (lol granted that money was not safe if the little girl can play banker with it. lol)
  My point is unless they have proof this family is engaged in illegal activity what right do the police have to keep that money?!?!
  
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- Melika
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 7:42am
  @ Favored: you are absolutely right. No one questions that part of the story.
  
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- ScottyJ
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:08pm
  I thought the same thing. Although its a bit irresponsible to leave it out where a young child can get it and take it to school, or to actually give it to a child to take to school, I don’t see how that is illegal.
  If the police want to confiscate it they should have reasonable cause and/or a court order. On the other hand, if the parents or neighbors want to give it to a child to take to school, then everyone who received a gift should get to keep that gift.
  
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- chingachgook
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 12:51am
  I guess if you are buzzed you do not worry about $20,000 in cash laying around. Come on how many people have that kind of cash sitting around?????????????? Are we talking drugs or what. If it is legitimate no problem. Give me back the proceeds from last weeks lemonaid stand.
  
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FISH_BONE
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:25pm
What a coincidence, I recently misplaced $20,000 cash in Taylor, Michigan. Anyone have a number for the police dept. there?

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- Smokey_Bojangles
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:35pm
  The Police have that money and a special trained drug sniffing dog, that finds drug residue on ALL money, has confirmed it as drug money…..Your cash is gone!
  But the good news is,it will make a down payment on a tank that the police can run over you with when Obama declares martial law.
  
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Maxim Crux
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:21pm
That which is given much more to be required-JFK. sounds like she is buying allegiance like Obama does with other peoples money

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- HI_Don
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:53pm
  JFK may have said that – but it is hardly a JFK quote. Hint: It pre-dates JFK by several centuries. “For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.”
  
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Polarized America
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:12pm
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..so shes a capitalist and likes to spread the wealth…her next trip will be to the Oval Office

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- battles
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:24pm
  That is not capitalism, it’s communism.
  
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- Polarized America
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:52pm
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  …i ,,,,was,,,,,joking,,,,,,,she’s …probably ”” a (((000 )))) thief ””]]]]“““`geeezzzzz
  
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CommonSenseTalk
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:08pm
Wow, people don’t trust banks? They can prove they cashed in their stock and there is no way the police will give back that money. Why do the police get involved with no crime? The school could have told parents and the money returned.

Do you think this could put a little girl and her family in harms way? So is the police going to put a car in front of this girls house until they know where the cash came from? Is she safe? Do they care?

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- Favored93
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:48pm
  Amen! The crime here is what the police have done NOT this family! That money is not theirs and have NO LEGAL RIGHT to keep it! They have to PROVE guilt or get a court order to seize property!
  Keep your eyes open people now having cash is becoming a crime or at least makes you suspicious!
  
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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 7:48pm
  FAVORED93
  News Flash – having a backpack with $20K in small bills in it has ALWAYS raised suspicion. But if it makes you feel better to believe Obama somehow is to blame well then have it.
  
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- Ash_Kiker
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 12:58pm
  I got $10.00 in my pocket…. I think I need to go hide so the cops don’t confiscate it from me till i can prove I earned it…
  
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- midnightvelvet
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:18pm
  The bums will probably try to keep it citing RICO.
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:00pm
Sounds as if the girl may have snatched part of the funds from drug-dealers.

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allwxflyer
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:00pm
Darn, I thought it would be a case of 7.62 PopTarts and 2 boxes of Fruit RollUps belt ammo……

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- Puddle Duck
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 8:17pm
  LMAO…….good one !!!
  
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Stoic one
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:00pm
UMm

Why did the police not take her home and talk with mommy & daddy? It might be their’s. saved at home for a coule of years and now they were going to buy a car or something.

CONFISCATION???? who the HE!! do they think they are???

OH yea the amerikan gestapo

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- Stoic one
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:29pm
  coule = couple
  
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- PAUL GULLO
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 6:28am
  I’m with yah.
  
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hi
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:58pm
Is it illegal to have a backpack full of money? None of your business!

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 9:24pm
  lol.. that’s good point HI. Didn’t consider that angle.
  
  It’s a free country dammit!
  
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- SREGN
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 1:20pm
  It’s from “Obama’s stash”.
  
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kapnkd
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:57pm
What most of us thought was simply about “Pop Tarts” has turned into a mystery about “PopFarts”!

SOMEBODY BLEW IT by putting that in her sack!!

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allwxflyer
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:52pm
Darn, I thought it was gonna be a box of 7.62 poptarts, with fruit rollup belt ammo.

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thegoldman
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:51pm
I want to move in next door ! !

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AUsername
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:47pm
how about thug robs a little child of their money. Basically the thug is saying sorry non elites your not allowed to carry that much money,

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- Fubared
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 7:51pm
  Whoa dude. All that deep thought out of the same place? Deep dude, so deep. This is Windydualism isn’t it? Same diction, same verbiage.
  
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The-Monk
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:46pm
Did she give any teachers money?

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:54pm
  Hi MONK, In my opinion, some kid tripped over the neighborhood drug dealer’s stash. Do you suppose FIREANDBRIMSTONE aka TURDMONGER lives up there?
  
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- RobertHere
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:58pm
  Teachers have too much money now. Give the kid back her money. She shouldn’t have to prove anything–make the police prove it is NOT hers. And cut the teachers pay–bums wrote all those nasty note about me to my parents–terrible people they are.
  
  No nasty notes!
  
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- Patriot72
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:00pm
  Obviously, not. That’s why they ratted on her :)
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:49pm
  Hi Patriot72,
  
  Point well taken…
  
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STREBOR
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:46pm
Selling Girl Scout cookies perhaps?

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Carrie3570
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:46pm
I was wrong. I guessed a ferret. LOL!! ~ This story is bizarre.

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resme
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:45pm
“Police confiscated the money as evidence and will hold it until the rightful owners of the cash can provide an explanation of where it came from.”

Never talk to the police. Never answer the police. The money will never be returned… The little girl should have kept the cash at home.

The police needs no explanation… It’s none of their business.

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- geeman
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 7:38pm
  Resme,l agree NEVER call the cops, unless maybe you find a dead body in your back yard,even then try to drag it next door.
  
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- Snidely
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:30pm
  That was my first thought, too. Since when is anyone required to explain where they got their money? (Except for that for 1040 thing. Which is a good reason to go to the Fair Tax.) Granted, it might be a red flag to keep an eye on them for dealing drugs, but no one needs to explain why they have cash.
  
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PK_SEA
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:44pm
Um, ya, that is my money. Let’s see, there is a large stack, they are green, have the number 100 on all 4 corners, and there is a picture of Ben Franklin on them. May I have my money back now?

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Freunlaven
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:40pm
OH, I thought it was going to be Poptarts…

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:55pm
  LOL, frankly, I thought it might be something like mom and dad’s bong.
  
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jakartaman
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:40pm
Why does the rightful owner have to tell the police WHERE it come from?
I would suggest it is none of their business.
The owner would have to prove the money was theirs – That in my opinion is all that would be required

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- termyt
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:45pm
  Don’t worry, if her story checks out, she’ll get the money back, less taxes and court fees.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:51pm
  “Why does the rightful owner have to tell the police WHERE it come from?”
  
  Because we live in a fascist police state.
  
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- Flashydave
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 6:15pm
  All they need to say is they don’t believe in banks. But if they have any previous drug related issues they are screwed.
  
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munacra
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:39pm
Uh… I need neighbors like that…

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- chips1
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 7:24pm
  Not me! I don’t trust politicians.
  
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termyt
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:36pm
Oh, phew. That’s a relief. I thought it was going to be a pop tart.

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- Freunlaven
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:42pm
  My thoughts exactly. You beat my post.
  
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- KILLACOMMIE4MOMMY
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:43pm
  I think they found it when they searcged her fot TOASTER PASTRY prior to entering the school!
  Keep’n us safe guys.
  
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Old Truckers
Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:36pm
Even at twelve years old, why would she give money away like that?
This story is weird.

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- ...sam
  Posted on March 13, 2013 at 5:42pm
  shes like obummer the money was/is not hers….thats why
  
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