Thief returns stolen cash stolen with apology note

A thief who stole some cash from a wallet have returned the stolen wallet to the police with a letter of apology.

Susan McNabb from Arkansas in the US, said she left her wallet, and the $160 cash it contained, behind at the Walmart store in Clinton, and when she returned a short time later, the wallet was still there but the cash was gone.

McNabb said she was surprised when police called her Wednesday morning to say someone had come by the station and dropped off an envelope containing $160 cash and a note.

“To the lady that left her wallet at Walmart…please forgive me as I always strive to have integrity, and that day I failed miserably,” the note read.

Police said the woman who brought in the envelope left without giving her name.

McNabb said the woman’s change-of-heart has inspired her to spend the money on helping others.

A Pennsylvania police department detailed a similar tale of remorse earlier in July. The Minersville Police Department received a letter in the mail from a person who said they received a parking ticket 44 years earlier. The apology letter included a $5 payment for the ticket.