Minnesota Waitress Sues After Police Seize $12,000 ‘Tip’

JENNIFER ABBEY
ABC News
April 5, 2012

Stacy Knutson, a struggling Minnesota waitress and mother of five, says she was searching for a “miracle” to help her family with financial problems.

But that “miracle” quickly came and went after police seized a $12,000 tip that was left at her table. Knutson filed a lawsuit in Clay County District Court stating that the money is rightfully hers. Police argue it is drug money.

Knutson was working at the Fryn’ Pan in Moorhead, Minn., when, according to her attorney, Craig Richie, a woman left a to-go box from another restaurant on the table. Knutson followed the woman to her car to return the box to her.

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This article was posted: Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 4:06 pm

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