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May 12, 2008 10:16 am US/Pacific
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Custodian Returns Bag With $108,000
CEDAR CITY, Utah (CBS News) ―
Jared Gray could've taken the money and run.
But when the 18-year-old custodian at Southern Utah University found more than $100,000 in cash in the school's parking lot last month, he didn't hesitate. He turned it in to campus police.
"I showed up about 5:45 p.m. and as I was walking in, I found a bag laying in the parking lot," Gray told The Early Show. "When I picked it up, I realized it was one of the deposit bags and it had $108,000 written on it."
Gray said his dad, a police officer, raised him to do the right thing.
School officials said the bag was accidentally dropped as it was being transferred from the school to the bank.
The Early Show did a little math to help Gray, who makes $7 an hour, figure out how long it would take him to earn $108,000. It comes roughly to 15,428 hours of work - that would be 7 1/2 years. Does Jared have any second thoughts?
"No," he says. "Of course not. My parents raised me to do the right thing always."
The college said if Gray wants to attend the school, they will foot part of the bill to show its thanks.
"And I got $20 and a batch of M. & M. Cookies," Gray added.
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