Boston driver returns homeless man's $187,000 inheritance left in taxi

Last week, a Boston cabbie returned about $187,000 cash left in his taxi by a homeless man to the Boston Police Department.

Raymond "Buzzy" MacCausland, a driver for the Independent Taxi Operators Association according to AP, picked up a man with a cast on one leg July 1.

"He told me he was homeless and had been living in a shelter for six months," MacCausland told AP.

During the trip, he asked MacCausland to stop because he wanted to meet a friend. The customer said he'd return, but didn't after 30 minutes. So, MacCausland drove to the man's hotel to try and find him with the help of staff there. He checked the bag the man left behind and found bundles of $50 and $100 bills.

MacCausland immediately took the money to Boston Police, who determined it was part of an inheritance.

"To me that was a relief," MacCausland told AP. "Because I know if it wasn't they'd come looking for me."

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The money's owner called the taxi company, who contacted police. He picked up his backpack and money, and gave MacCausland a $100 reward.

This wasn't the first time MacCausland found a large sum of money left in his cab.

"I once found $10,000 about 30 years ago," he told WCVB. "I returned that and they didn't give me nothing. Sometimes you get good tips, sometimes you don't."

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