The State : Girl, 13, Gives Students Cash

The temptation of knowing where her grandparents kept $25,000 hidden in their home was too much for a 13-year-old Fresno girl. Eager to become popular, she gave the cash to other junior high school students over a two-week period, police said. Her grandfather, who owns a small business, kept the inherited cash in two metal boxes in the family garage. The grandmother told police she showed the girl where the money was kept in case something happened to the grandparents. The girl, whose name was not revealed because of her age, distributed the cash to Tenaya Middle School students in amounts as small as $10 and as large as several thousand dollars, and bought bicycles worth $500 each for two students, police said. Officers have recovered more than half of the cash, and police said they hope to recover at least $4,000 more.