Somerville Officer Awarded For Finding Lost $3K

SOMERVILLE, MA – A Somerville police officer is being celebrated this month for his efforts to return a lost envelope of cash that a man and his young son were using to buy a car. Officer Matt Khoury was named the recipient of the Beyond The Call Of Duty Award for January based on a recommendation from Officer Anthony Manzelli and an interview Tech Auto Body owner George Mihos, police said.

Mihos told police Dec. 28 that a father and his young son had come from Marston Mills to buy a car from Tech Auto Body for $3,000, which the son had worked to save up. The money was all cash and in a white envelope.

At some point during a test drive, the two lost the envelope and came up empty during a frantic backtrack of the route they traveled. Mihos suggested they report the envelope missing to the Somerville Police Department before they drive home.

Khoury learned of the lost cash and searched the area, eventually finding the envelope at the corner of Highland and Hamlet. The father and son were able to buy the car later that day.

Mihos told police he "couldn't believe it."

"That officer did a great job," he said. "He saved the day."

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