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Police find $60,000 on woman sleeping in Janesville store

(Published Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:45:02 AM CDT)

By Sid Schwartz Gazette Staff

Police reported finding $60,000 cash in the purse of an 87-year-old woman who spent Saturday sleeping in a display chair at a Janesville store.

Officers were dispatched to Big Lots, 1714 Milton Ave., at about 8 p.m. Saturday. Store employees told officers the 87-year-old woman had been sleeping in a recliner in the furniture section of the store for about eight hours.

The woman wouldn't wake when police tried to rouse her, and an officer who went through her purse looking for identification instead found $60,000 cash.

The six stacks of 100 $100 bills were in a bag, inside a second bag secured with a safety pin. A sergeant was dispatched to the scene to verify the money count, and the cash later also was counted by Lt. Keith Lawver.

"I've never seen $60,000 cash until they put it on my desk last night," Lawver said Sunday.

Lawver said the woman does not have a fixed address and has been staying at various Janesville apartments and hotels for the past year. She has a caseworker through the Rock County long-term support program.

"Hopefully, her caseworker, will help her get a bank account set up and help her manage it," Lawver said.

Meanwhile, the cash is at the police department.

After the money was counted and then counted again, it was placed into evidence storage for safekeeping.

"It will be returned to her when she wants it," Lawver said.

The manager of Golden Acres Apartments took in the woman Saturday night. The manager said there's a vacancy in the senior housing apartments.

The woman seemed interested in an apartment, according to police reports but said she needs a furnished apartment because she does not own any furniture "and did not want to be responsible for that."

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0817StoreWoman17-ON.html

Woman has no home, but $60,000 in purse

Associated Press Aug. 17, 2005 07:40 AM

JANESVILLE, Wis. - She had $60,000 in cash - but no roof over her head. Police say an 87-year-old woman found snoozing in a discount store over the weekend had the money in her purse.

The woman was examined at Mercy Hospital and released, said Nancy White, property manager of the Golden Acres Apartments for the elderly across the street.

White said she fed her, washed her clothes and allowed her to stay with her until Monday morning.

"She kind of reminded me of a female Scrooge," White said. "She was very unappreciative."

Police said they temporarily took the money for safekeeping while the woman's status was clarified, but they returned it Monday.

Lt. Keith Lawver told the Janesville Gazette the woman does not have a fixed address and has been staying at various apartments and hotels for the past year, while under the care of a Rock County social services caseworker.

"Hopefully, her caseworker will help her get a bank account set up and help her manage it," Lawver said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/16/AR2005081601142.html

Cops Find $60K on Woman Sleeping in Store

The Associated Press Tuesday, August 16, 2005; 7:11 PM

JANESVILLE, Wis. -- Police trying to rouse an 87-year-old woman snoozing on a recliner in a discount store on the weekend found $60,000 in cash in her purse while looking for her identification.

Employees at the Big Lots store said the woman had been sleeping there for hours when police arrived at 8 p.m. on Saturday, said Janesville Sgt. Tom Wolfram.

Police could not manage to wake her and an officer who rummaged through her purse found six 100-bill stacks of $100 bills inside a second bag secured with a safety pin, Wolfram said.

A sergeant was dispatched to the scene to verify the money count, and the cash later also was counted by Lt. Keith Lawver.

"I've never seen $60,000 cash until they put it on my desk last night," Lawver said.

Police temporarily took the money for safekeeping while the woman's status was clarified, the sergeant said, but the money was returned to her Monday.

The woman was taken to Mercy Hospital, checked and then released, said Nancy White, property manager of the Golden Acres Apartments for the elderly across the street.

White said she fed the woman, washed her clothes and allowed her to stay with her until Monday morning.

"She kind of reminded me of a female Scrooge. She was very unappreciative," White said.

Lawver told the Janesville Gazette the woman does not have a fixed address and has been staying at various Janesville apartments and hotels for the past year, while under the care of a Rock County social services caseworker.

"Hopefully, her caseworker will help her get a bank account set up and help her manage it," Lawver said.