NJ probation officer honored for returning $3500 she found in street
Probation officer "did not expect this type of reaction" to her good deed
By Bob Horowitz
The Star-Ledger
MORRIS COUNTY — A Morris County probation officer who returned $3,500 she found on a sidewalk in downtown Morristown was formally honored Wednesday by the Morris County Board of Freeholders and by the state judiciary.
During their late-afternoon work meeting in Morristown, the freeholders presented the probation officer, Chanti Carter-Rene of East Orange, with a plaque in recognition of “her esteemed honesty in returning found money to its owner.”

The freeholders also gave Carter-Rene a $150 award out of funds they personally donated.
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