$20s Rain Down in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI-October 27, 2005 - Traffic came to a halt on a congested bridge after it started to rain $20 bills.

Morning commuters jumped out of cars Wednesday, hopped dividers and nearly caused accidents trying to catch the flying cash blowing from a money bag that accidentally dropped from an armored truck.
"People were stuffing handfuls of money into their pockets and running back to their cars and speeding off," Lt. John Balza said.

Of the $80,000 in the bag, some $72,000 was recovered, but almost none of it willingly, he said.

"No one was like, 'Oh here, I'm collecting this for police,"' Balza said.

Police said they are not sure how the money bag fell out of the armored courier owned by Badger Armor Inc.

The company did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press seeking comment.

Police Capt. Greg Urban called on people who picked up the money to be "honest and ethical" and turn it over to police.

"Technically, it's the crime of theft, not finders keepers," he said.


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