Three young girls were rewarded for their honesty after they turned in allegedly stolen cash they found in a back yard Wednesday, according to one Hudson woman's Facebook post.

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Three young girls were rewarded for their honesty Wednesday after they turned in more than $100 in allegedly stolen cash they found in a backyard.Click to watch News 9's coverageShantelle Goulet wrote that her two daughters and her niece were outside playing in her backyard when they ran into the house carrying handfuls of $20 bills.Hudson police said John Stocki, 26, robbed a bank Tuesday, then ran through a nearby neighborhood, dropping clothes and money along the way.Related: Bank robbery suspect arrested in HudsonDet. Allison Cumming said officers tracked Stocki down and arrested him, but they were missing some of the cash he allegedly stole."He had been going through that neighborhood, back and forth. It was hard to search the whole area," said Cummings. "It's a very large area to search."Goulet wrote that she had spotted Stocki while police were still searching for him and that the family "knew right away where the money had come from."Cummings got a call Wednesday from Goulet, saying that the girls had found a wad of cash in their backyard."The little girls went behind their shed and found a pile of money," said Cummings. "And they instantly brought it to their parents -- showed their parents the money."Cummings drove to their house, where she said the girls were playing basketball."They were playing basketball with their dad, and they saw the unmarked cruiser pull up and they were all excited to tell me what they had found and show me where," said Cummings.Cummings said she knew that the $140 in cash was from the bank robbery.Goulet wrote that Cummings thanked the girls for their honesty, told them they had done a good job and that they should be proud."That's a lot of money for three little girls," said Cummings.Cummings then gave the girls a $20 bill out of her own pocket and "told them to go buy ice cream as a reward." Goulet said the girls were thrilled."I just gave them some money for ice cream. I had to tell them, 'Hey, when your parents can bring you,' just to make sure that the parents were OK," said Cummings. "You know, I just wanted to do something fun for the kids.""It's so comforting knowing that we live in a community as wonderful as Hudson. Job well done HPD!!!" Goulet wrote after the encounter.39521226"I am so proud to be from Hudson and even more thankful that I am able to raise my girls in this town. The Hudson Police Department and our neighbors did a phenomenal job in coming together and catching the guy," Goulet wrote.Goulet's post was shared on the Hudson police Facebook page, congratulating the girls and Cummings on a job well done.