7-year-old finds stashed cash from bank robbery

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. —A 7-year-old on his way to a toy store with his father ended up instead finding a pile of stashed cash that was stolen in a bank robbery.

Griffin Steele and his dad, Shane Steele, were on the way to Toys R Us in Horry County, South Carolina, when they stopped at a gas station.

Griffin spotted a $20 bill near the convenience store and picked it up. The bill had red marks on it, so Griffin and his dad took it inside and asked the store clerk to check to see if the money was real. A verifying marker showed that the bill was authentic.

Griffin’s dad bought him a Gatorade, and when the 7-year-old went to throw the plastic wrapping in a trash can outside, he made a startling discovery.

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