Worker Returns $43,000 Discovered In Donated Clothing

monroe-6dsi8h1lp1k1eo3ppma_original_t670Once in a while, Tyler Gedelian will find some loose change in the pockets of cloth­ing that was donated to the Goodwill store in Monroe.

But on Wednesday even Mr. Gedelian, the store manager, couldn’t believe the bonanza he found in the pockets of some old suits and a robe. Stuffed in various envelopes were tidy stacks of $100 bills that totaled more than $43,000.

“We might find a quarter in somebody’s jeans,” he said. “But that blows my mind.”

So Mr. Gedelian, 29, immediately acted on his instincts: He called the police. In fact, he didn’t even count the hundreds. Never once did the thought of keeping any of it cross his mind because, he simply said, it’s not his.

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