A good Samaritan couple found and returned a business owner’s deposit bag that was filled with $25,000.

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Jeff and Michelle Green recovered the bag, which belonged to Gautambhai Patel, the Rincon Police Department said.

"We always encourage citizens to do the right thing both morally and legally, because if you find property that is not yours and do not attempt to find the owner, it is called theft of lost or mislaid property," the department wrote in a social media post.

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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney — pictured during a hearing Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 — has cleared the way for Georgia's State Election Board to obtain Fulton ballots and other documents from the 2020 election. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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