$12,800 found on trash can in Clarksville

9:46 PM, Jun 25, 2012   |    comments
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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- About $12,800 found in a bank bag on top of a trash can in Clarksville, Tenn., has been returned to the owner, who was hospitalized after suffering a reaction to medication.

Police said Monday that 49-year-old Kenneth Allen of Clarksville found the bag outside a convenience store Saturday evening.

He alerted police who discovered that the owner of the money had been hospitalized because of the effect of the medicine.