Woman Was About To Be Arrested For
Stealing Food By This Police Officer.
What Happened Next Is Heartwarming.
The woman on the left is a mother from Miami
who was so to feed her hungry family
that she Was trying to steal a lot of food.
The woman On the right is Miami-Dade county
police Officer Vicki Thomas.
Officer Thomas was about to arrest Jessica Robles
but changed her mind at the last minute. Instead Of
arresting her, she bought Robles $100 worth of
groceries: "I made the decision to buy her some
groceries because arresting her wasn't going to
solve the problem with her children being hungry."
And there'S no denying that they Were hungry.
Robles' 12 year old daughter started crying when
She told TV Station WSVN about how dire
their situation was: "It's not fun to see my brother
in the dirt hungry, asking food, and We have to
tell him, "There is nothing here." Officer Thomas
Says She has no question that What She did Was
right: "To see them go through the bags when we
brought them in, it Was like Christrnas. That $100 to
me was worth it."
But Officer Thomas did have one request: "The
only thing I asked of her is, when she gets on her
feet, that she help Someone else Out. And she said
she would."
And guess what? The story gets even better.
After word got out about What happened people
donated another $700 for Jessica Robles to spend
at the grocery store. And then best of all a local
business owner invited her in for an interview and
ended up hiring her on the Spot as a Customer
service rep. She started crying when he told her:
"There are no words for how grateful I am that you
took your time and helped somebody out.
Especially somebody like me."
And to think it all started With one veteran police
officer trusting her "instinct" instead of going "by
the book".
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