Woman returns cash to Dunkin’ Donuts

SOUTH PORTLAND – Dunkin’ Donuts employees were thanking their good luck Tuesday after a woman who was accidentally given a bag with $771 in cash instead of the bagel with cream cheese she had ordered turned in the money.

Pati Fine of Readfield picked up her order at the drive-through window around 10 a.m. at the Dunkin’ Donuts on Broadway.

She drove to a spot on the waterfront to eat her snack, but when she opened the bag she found a bunch of bills instead of a bagel, police said.

Fine took the money to the Police Department, where officers counted out the cash. Officers then brought the money to the doughnut shop, where they found frantic employees who thought they might lose their jobs over the lost cash.