TAMPA, Fla. (UPI) -- Two Florida boys who became national heroes five years ago when they turned in $4,000 in cash they found on the street are looking for their reward money.
The money appears to have been put in a bank account for Jarvarious Jones and Oscar Carter. But no one knows where the account is, The Tampa Tribune reported.
"We've been trying since February to find out where the account was set up and no one will help us or tell us anything," said Keisha Hamilton, Carter's mother.
The boys were 13-year-old students at Greco Middle School in Tampa when they found the money in four envelopes near their bus stop.
Hamilton says Greco administrators promised to set up an account. But no one admits being the person who did.
Carter is now an 18-year-old community college student and the experience has left him disillusioned. He said he sometimes wishes he and Jones had not been so honest.
"I could have used that money to get clothes, pay some bills and help my family," he said. "But I did the right thing and now people aren't helping me. I've learned not to trust anyone."
Copyright 2007 by United Press International
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