Man tosses $100 bills along highway to 'bless' others; family wants the money back



A man who literally threw money out the window faces no charges after tossing handfuls of $100 bills along an Oregon highway, NPR reported.

Colin Davis McCarthy, 38, told police he was "doing well and wanted to bless others with gifts of money," KVAL reported.

McCarthy estimated his "blessing" amounted to around $200,000, though authorities cannot confirm the precise amount.

Oregon State Police responded to a call Tuesday evening about a person throwing U.S. currency out a window on Interstate 5 near milepost 192.

After a warning from the police, McCarthy agreed to discontinue "littering," as it was creating a hazardous condition on the highway near Glenwood, an unincorporated community in the eastern part of the the Beaver State.

Drivers who spotted the "floating" cloud of cash did a "thorough job of gathering the loose money," according to the OSP.

"It’s hundred-dollar bills floating around and I'm like, ‘what!?’ So my boyfriend and I decided to go one way, he goes the other way and so far I've found 300 dollars!" a woman on the scene told KEZI of her unexpected windfall.

"He could have been charged in a situation like this for danger being created because of his actions—disorderly conduct, potentially reckless endangering, but most likely disorderly conduct," OSP Lieutenant Jim Andrews told the outlet.

"I know the troopers considered charging him with that or arresting him, but after a conversation with him they elected not to."

The family described McCarthy's behavior as "normal" for him. However, relatives also said he drained the family's shared bank accounts to deliver the "blessing," which left them "penniless," KEZI reported.

The family, who say they know chances of the money's return are slim, are asking for anyone who picked up the cash to turn it in to the OSP.

"Because [the accounts are] shared, they both have equal interests in the money," Lt. Andrews said.

"To prevent something like that happening if you were estranged, you would definitely want to create a secondary bank account and then take out a portion of the money that you believe is rightfully yours," he added.

Though the OSP discouraged the practice, some people were still "roaming Interstate 5" for a few days hoping to spot a stray bill, according to KHOU.
Watch KHOU's coverage of Colin Davis McCarthy's unusual giveaway below.

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Burger King worker — a 19-year-old female — gives armed robber $100 from register. But on his way out, robber turns around and shoots her dead anyway



Kristal Bayron-Nieves, 19, was new to her late-shift job at a Manhattan Burger King and wanted better security and a switch to day shifts because she was so scared of crime and violence in the area, the New York Post reported.

Image source: WCBS-TV video screenshot

Her mother told the paper in Spanish through a translator that "more than 50 homeless people" would sleep in front of the store at 116th Street and Lexington Avenue in East Harlem, and it made her daughter uneasy.

Image source: WCBS-TV video screenshot

“[Kristal said Friday], ‘I don’t want to go. I’m scared,’” her mother added to the Post. “I say, ‘You have to go and be responsible.’ At 10 p.m. I wake her up to go and tell her, ‘You have to go. You have to be responsible. You have to get a better life.’“

Image source: WCBS-TV video screenshot

Tragedy strikes

Around 1 a.m. Sunday, an armed robber entered the Burger King, pistol-whipped a male customer, then punched a female manager in the face, police told the paper.

With that, Bayron-Nieves gave the robber $100 from the register, her mother told the Post, citing an eyewitness.

The crook then turned to leave but spun back around and shot Bayron-Nieves in the torso, the witness said, according to the paper.

Image source: WCBS-TV video screenshot

She was taken to Metropolitan Hospital and pronounced dead a short time later, police told the Post.

'Until her last breath'

The interpreter told the paper that Bayron-Nieves had a young admirer who came by the Burger King almost every night and always brought her a flower — and that young man was present when she was shot.

“He told us he was there until her last breath,” the interpreter told the Post, adding that Bayron-Nieves mistook the robber for a deliveryman.

But then the robber punched the manager and Bayron-Nieves' young admirer, knocking the young man out, the paper said.

The interpreter told the Post that Bayron-Nieves gave the robber all the cash in the register; $100 is the usual amount to start the next day, the paper added.

The admirer said the robber turned around as if he was going to leave — but then turned back and shot Bayron-Nieves, the Post said, citing the interpreter.

“She’d done everything that he say,” the interpreter added to the paper. “She give him the money and everything. That she didn’t even do nothing wrong.”

Anything else?

The robber fled the store and was described as a slim male wearing dark clothes and a black mask, cops told the Post.

Crime Stoppers offered a $3,500 reward for the suspect’s capture, the paper added.

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