Crime & Safety

UPDATED: Good Samaritan Returns Diaper Bag With $11,000 Cash

A Beverly woman found a diaper bag at Marshalls. It turned out to contain $11,000 cash. Then the person did something shocking — turned it in to police.

 

The blue paisley bag hanging from a Marshalls rack grabbed the shopper's attention.

When she unzipped it what really opened her eyes were the contents — and not just the diapers and baby wipes.

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Cheryl Gavazzi of Beverly found cash, $11,000, according to Swampscott police and WBZ's news radio 1030's website.

Gavazzi brought the money and the bag to Beverly Police, not knowing the Swampscott station's location.

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Swampcott police had already received a report about the lost bag. A man told them his wife was missing the bag she brought into Marshalls.

Police returned the money to the couple.

The money was raised to build a church in Guatemala.

[Editor's note: The original post had this as a paper bag being returned to Swampscott Police. That has since been corrected.]


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