DSNWK employee finds cash, turns it in to HPD

saindon finds cash — From left, Hays Police Officer Colin Roe and Jolynn Ashmore, general manager of United passenger service at Hays Regional Airport, thank DSNWK employee Jeff Saindon, who found and turned in a large amount of cash Friday.

By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

Hays resident Jeff Saindon was shaking a lot of hands at work Friday morning.

The longtime employee of Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas Employment Connections was on the job as usual at the Hays Regional Airport.

While he was cleaning in the terminal area about 9:20 a.m., Saindon found what he thought was probably litter — a discarded envelope. Just to be sure, Saindon first opened it.

Inside was several hundred dollars in cash.

Saindon showed it to his DSNWK crew supervisor Connie Fross, who took it to the United Airlines general manager Jolynn Ashmore, who in turn called the Hays Police Department.

Responding HPD Officer Colin Roe was impressed with Saindon’s decision to turn in the money.

“You’re doing a great job,” Roe told Saindon. “Not everybody would have been that honest. A lot of people would have kept the money themselves.”

Ashmore and Fross agreed, and they all thanked Saindon, taking turns to shake his hand.

“You’re very trustworthy,” Ashmore said to Saindon.

Roe said the HPD will begin an investigation to find the rightful owner of the cash.

Ashmore said the Hays airport has a video security system.

“It’s easily accessible by the police because the airport is city-owned,” she explained. “Hopefully, they’ll be able to see who left the envelope.”