A 12-year-old recently had quite the show-and-tell at school: According to the Detroit News, she brought a backpack stuffed with $20,000 in cash. Police, who declined to name the girl, said the student received it from a child who lives across the street from her in Taylor, outside of Detroit.

Word got around at the local Sixth Grade Academy that the girl was handing out cash to her friends. That’s when the principal stepped in and called the police.

“The school district called us and said a 12-year-old student had a backpack full of money,” Taylor Chief of Police Mary Sclabassi said. “The principal became aware of it when she heard the student was giving money away to friends.

They brought in the student, secured the backpack and retrieved the money she had given away. This is a real first for me.” Commenters on the Detroit News website were also stunned by the news. Doran Hollow wrote, “That was my middle school and I never ran into anyone so generous.”

Scott Gypsy opined, “She must have been a fan of Robin Hood.” Added Brent Link, “My other thought was casino winnings. But drugs was the first one to cross my mind.

Who really keeps that kind of money under their mattress?” No word on what the neighbors were doing with that amount of cash around the house, but undoubtedly they will be glad to get it back.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/13/17297829-police-michigan-girl-12-brings-20000-to-school-starts-giving-it-away?lite

Chei,see awof.
If na Naija,both teachers,headmaster oh,students go share the money and nobody would hear a word of it .

Is her father a Nigerian Senator?

She must have been a fan of Robin Hood.

A 12yrs old with $20K?!!

Way to go perpetuating the myth that money falls from trees in the US.

dayokanu: Is her father a Nigerian Senator?

Bwahahahahaha! Now THIS is funny!

If GEJ did his job well, we all wud hv ours in our backpacks too..

Wowww.........why nor be me dey there to receive the money..... I nor sure say e for reach news at all

dayokanu: Is her father a Nigerian Senator?

I thought the same thing too

if to say na naija...chai! if to say na naija...chai!

No need hiding her ID. She is Nigerian.

3 comments and it made FP!

Anyway, #daz all#

him papa fit be drug dealer.

yuzedo: Chai! The principal fuc..k upppppp! If na me i for collect the whole bag of money, come deduct $5 give the babe + A1 in Maths and English!

chelseabmw: Wowww.........why nor be me dey there to receive the money..... I nor sure say e for reach news at all

thieves

Talk about a superbly organised society,unlike N......

hehe sometin like this happend wen i was in primary school jst that the dude came with jst a bundle of 100naira (he stole it from his Papa) and was sharing me ma get my share but thekind beatin dey finally beat am parade am round school ehn

When I was 12, any student that comes 2sch with #20 is a confirmed robber...Our naira was worth its onion den. my mum could cook a pot of soup with condiments with dat amount & still have some change left.

$20,000 ? I guess her dad is the oga at the top

Lol. For Naija keh? Wey Mrs Okoronkwo and aunty Kemi dey 'obtain' my 'short bread' biscuit anytime wey mumsie give me the thing go school those days, talkless of this kind money?

it okay probably the dudes father is disbursing is economy

Artistree: When I was 12, any student that comes 2sch with #20 is a confirmed robber...Our naira was worth its onion den. my mum could cook a pot of soup with condiments with dat amount & still hace change.

You must be 50 now..

Story Story.

Artistree: When I was 12, any student that comes 2sch with #20 is a confirmed robber...Our naira was worth its onion den. my mum could cook a pot of soup with condiments with dat amount & still hace change.

dude that must be a watery soup,at least 2 of that 20 can cook pot of soup with the necessary condiment

Trace her origin very well, u go see say 9ija citizen hand dy dere... Either say she dy related to pesin wey dy serve under GEJ or na naija politician give d pikin mama belle cme run!!!

Make dem Look dat girl very well,Na akpabio pikin be dat..

zolajpower: dude that must be a watery soup,at least 2 of that 20 can cook pot of soup with the necessary condiment

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha u have killed me. What are u tryin to mean na. Dats his mother fed him with watery soup hahahahahahahahahahahah my liver is cutting

Policewoman: No need hiding her ID. She is Nigerian.

sure

Artistree: When I was 12, any student that comes 2sch with #20 is a confirmed robber...Our naira was worth its onion den. my mum could cook a pot of soup with condiments with dat amount & still hace change.

I saw a topic about world oldest man dies at 147 or 157 I guess dat record is false cuz am quoting one presently on nairaland

Dis ȋ̝̊̅§ way too good to be true ooo. Cool sha