Sheriff Ennis Wright paid a visit to Justice Cochrane's school after he turned in a wallet with $700 inside.
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Cochrane is smart, really smart. At 16 years old, the Westover High School student is already learning how to design software, build apps and computers. However; the situation he ran into last week didn't require a lot of calculation or book smarts, only heart.
"I walked up to the bus stop and found a wallet on the ground," said Cochrane.
Inside the wallet was $700 in cold hard cash. Instead of turning it into a payday, he turned the wallet over to the School Resource Officer at Westover High School.
"I didn't want to take it because if I was that person I wouldn't want to lose that much money," said Cochrane
On Monday, Sheriff Ennis Wright pulled Cochrane out of class to congratulate him for doing the right thing.
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"It could've been somebody's light bill, rent, medicine," said Sheriff Wright.
Cochrane received a certificate and a Sheriff's Coin for his good deed, but both he and the sheriff agree that the biggest reward was inspiration.
"I hope this inspires a lot of people," said Cochrane.