Newark Airport screener finds $5K, turns it in

Officials are praising a Transportation Security Administration screener who turned in $5,000 cash that he found on the floor at Newark Liberty International Airport. John Deschamps was in Terminal C

News 12 Staff

Jan 13, 2012, 5:59 AM

Updated 4,674 days ago

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Officials are praising a Transportation Security Administration screener who turned in $5,000 cash that he found on the floor at Newark Liberty International Airport. John Deschamps was in Terminal C on Dec. 27 when he spotted the cash near the United Elite Access check-in desk. Deschamps tells News 12 New Jersey he happened to see something on the floor that he thought was trash. He says when he got a closer look, he couldn't believe that the money was real. The 36-year-old screener turned over the money to United Airlines. An airline spokeswoman says it will likely go to charity if no one claims it. Would you have returned the $5,000? Vote in our Question of the Day below!