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Teacher turns in $6,000 cash, $15,000 check discovered in backpack near school
ROCKLEDGE, Fla. – When Spanish teacher Leo Nicaragua saw a backpack in the middle of Fiske Boulevard Thursday at dismissal, he figured somebody was about to pick it up.But no students or drivers removed it from the crosswalk at Kennedy Middle School, so Nicaragua took a closer look.“I see a big pile of money and I’m like, ‘No, this is not a student’s bag.’ So I got all scared and put the money back in the bag,” he said.Next, Nicaragua said he brought the bag to his school resource officer.Rockledge police said the bag contained $6,000 in cash, a $15,000 check, three vehicle titles, a box of medical masks, a box of latex gloves and Lysol wipes.News 6 located the owner of the bag and he said the cash was a month’s payroll for the employees of