$223,600 Boomtown Casino money dropped by armored car

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A bag containing $223,600 in cash fell out of an armored car leaving Boomtown Casino in Harvey on Wednesday afternoon. Luckily for the car's crew, the first person to spot the money was a probation officer who happened by.

Officer Jessica Luebke was leaving the state probation department's Jefferson District office at 2150 West Bank Expressway in Harvey around 12:30 p.m. when she noticed a clear plastic bag containing bundles of $20 and $100 bills near the curb on Scotsdale Drive, according to Pam Laborde, spokeswoman for the state Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

It took a few moments for the sight of so much cash to register. But Luebke quickly turned around and secured the 2-by-2?-foot bag as well as a gray tub sitting next to it. She and supervisor Kewana Ceasor waited with the money until deputies from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office could arrive.

The officers weren't sure how the money came to be on the side of the road. They got their answer when an armored car drove up, and its crew explained they were retracing their steps to retrieve a missing bag of cash, according to department District Administrator Jon Reeves.

The armored car, Reeves said, had just picked up a deposit from Boomtown, 4.5 miles away at 4132 Peters Road. The bag fell out of the car as it neared the probation department's headquarters. The crew drove back to the casino after they discovered the  bag was missing.

Laborde said the Sheriff's Office returned the money, which was deposited at Capital One Bank within 30 minutes. Reeves said it's fortunate a law enforcement officer was the first to find the cash. "It would have caused a lot of trouble if somebody else had found it," he said.

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[DBrandUSA]

I would have kept it.

[Hum]

I'd head back to the Casino .... to gamble !!!  :woot:

[Growled Member]

 

"It would have caused a lot of trouble if somebody else had found it," he said.

 

Tahiti here I come.