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Fast-Food Worker Returns $185,000 Check
Tue Jan 1,  11:18 PM ET

NORWICH, CONN. - Reggie Damone just wanted to jot down a phone number when he picked up what he thought was a litter on a sidewalk this week. But what he found was an envelope containing a $185,000 check.

Damone, who receives food stamps and works at McDonald's, said he didn't think twice about trying to cash it. Instead, the 47-year-old took a bus Monday from his Jewett City home to a bank and returned the check to the niece of the landlord to whom the check was written.

She thanked Damone with a $50 bill.

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