I am so embarrassed to be from Naperville sometimes. Seriously. Especially when stuff like this happens at my alma mater. In fact, when I was in college at Columbia, it became kind of a hobby of mine trying to divert the subject when people would ask where I was from. Because this couldn’t be further from the truth for me and my friends’ families.

Then again, when I was in high school, there was a girl who went through three brand new Mustangs, totalling the first two.

In some quarters, Naperville residents are occasionally accused of having entirely too much money.

Something like this makes you wonder.

Naperville police were called Aug. 27 to Neuqua Valley High School. Seems one of the students ended up in the dean’s office just before the close of the school day after he was found to be carrying a rather large wad of cash.

Specifically, $12,000.

Police Cmdr. Mike Anders said a subsequent investigation concluded there was “no crime at all” on the young man’s part.

“This kid brought money to school that belongs to his family … because he was trying to impress people,” Anders said. And while there were rumors some of the older, bigger boys hoped to score some easy money by lying in wait for him as he walked home, nothing further came of the matter after the teen’s mother arrived to pick up both wayward cash and wayward son.

The youth reportedly told authorities he’d brought the money to “one-up” another student. That teen supposedly had come to school the day before. Carrying a comparatively paltry $5,000.

Anders declined to comment on that report. [via]

FMHS.