TAYLOR, MI —A Taylor middle school student attended school with a backpack full of $20,000 in cash, which school officials reported to the Taylor Police Department.

"The school district called us and said a 12-year-old student had a backpack full of money," Taylor Police Chief Mary Sclabassi told the Detroit News. "The principal became aware of it when she heard the student was giving money away to friends. They brought in the student, secured the backpack and retrieved the money she had given away. This is a real first for me."

MLive was unable to reach school officials or Sclabassi for comment Tuesday afternoon.

The student, a 12-year-old 6th-grader seen giving out cash to other students, as much as $500 to one, told police she received the money from a neighborhood girl,