A homeless man in boston returns lot of cash to the owner

BOSTON (AP) — A homeless Boston man who turned in
a backpack containing tens of thousands of dollars in
cash and traveler's checks says even if he were
desperate he wouldn't have kept "even a penny."
Glen James was honored Monday at police
headquarters, where Commissioner Edward Davis
thanked him for his honesty and gave him a special
citation.
James said in a handwritten statement given out at a
news conference that he was glad to make sure the bag
and its contents were returned to the owner. "Even if I
were desperate for money, I would not have kept even
a penny," he said.
James found the backpack at the South Bay Mall in the
city's Dorchester neighborhood Saturday evening. He
flagged down patrolling officers and handed it over.
The backpack contained $2,400 in U.S. currency,
almost $40,000 in traveler's checks, Chinese passports
and other personal papers.
The man who lost it told workers at a Best Buy store at
the mall. He was taken to the police station, where he
was confirmed as the rightful owner.
James, whose age wasn't immediately available, said in
his statement that he is from the Boston area and has
been homeless since 2005. He said he worked in a
courthouse for 13 years but lost his job because of
difficulties with his boss.
He said he has a medical problem that sometimes
causes dizziness, and lives at a Boston-area shelter
where he says he is "very well looked after." James said
he is a religious man and God has always looked after
him.
He also thanked the strangers who have given him
spare change on the street.
"It's just nice to have some money in one's pocket so
that as a homeless man I don't feel absolutely broke all
the time," he said.