Here are the facts.  What would you do?

• The date is July 13, 2020.
• You own a towing business in Ephrata.
• COVID-19 is impacting the community and your finances.
• In January, you towed a vehicle with significant accident damage into your tow yard as a salvaged vehicle.  The vehicle was damaged in a crash in October.
• In April you learn that the owner of the vehicle reported that the contents of his wife’s purse were missing since the accident.
• Today is the day to prepare the vehicle to be scrapped. 
• You dig through the accident debris in the passenger’s compartment of the vehicle. 
• You find a bank bag.
• The bank bag contains stacks of wet moldy cash.  It has to be several thousand dollars. 
• WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

The owner of Steffy’s Towing in Ephrata Borough promptly called the police. 

In April of 2020, the owner of the vehicle reported to Ephrata Police that approximately $31,000 was missing from his wife’s purse after she was involved in an accident in late October.  After the crash, the owner found only an empty purse in the car.  Obviously, no leads or suspects were developed by the police, because the money was in a debris pile in the vehicle. 

After the money dried, Ephrata Police were able to return $32,150 to the vehicle owner thanks to an honest local business owner.