Good Samaritan returns wallet containing $5,000 to rightful owner
A Saugeen Shores police officer with a man named Jamie, who helped police return a lost cell phone and wallet containing $5,000 in cash to its rightful owner. (Saugeen Shores Police Service/Facebook)
If you need a feel-good story for your Tuesday evening, Saugeen Shores police might have just the one.
Posting on Facebook Tuesday afternoon, the Saugeen Shores Police Service shared that police were contacted by a man named Jamie after he located a lost wallet and a cell phone.
Police responded to the call where they soon learned that the wallet contained $5,000 in cash.
Saugeen Shores police said that because of Jamie’s “honesty and integrity”, the cash, cell phone and wallet were returned to its rightful owner.
Police also shared that as a reward, they presented Jamie with some "Positive Tickets" for his honesty, including a gift card to Tim Hortons and a coupon for Boston Pizza.
In the Facebook post, Saugeen Shores police captioned the post with the hashtags “#faithinhumanityrestored” and “#belikejamie”.
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