Overview
- Luis Salazar, a construction worker, found a black fanny pack overflowing with cash in a Wawa restroom on May 3 and kept searching the store and parking lot for the owner.
- Salazar opened the bag when he could not find the owner, discovered bundles of bills, and said he never considered keeping the money because it did not belong to him.
- Riviera Beach police reviewed surveillance video, traced Salazar through the rental van he was driving, and arranged a meeting at the station where the owner counted every dollar and recovered the full $30,023 on May 7.
- The 24-year-old owner told reporters he had sold a childhood Pokémon collection to raise the cash for his uninsured younger sister’s medical procedure and then used the returned funds to pay for her care.
- Police closed the incident as a lost-property matter, Salazar declined reward or special recognition, and the case highlighted how families sometimes sell personal valuables to cover medical costs.