VIDEO: Cop Helps 12-Year-Old He Caught Stealing

When Atlanta police Officer Che Milton responded to a shoplifting call where the perpetrator turned out to be a 12-year-old girl, he decided to give her a pass and take her home. When Milton walked inside the house, he was shocked at what he saw. The place was way too small and poor for a family of eight, so The Atlanta Police Department posted the story on their Facebook page and asked for any help possible for the family. The responses were incredible!

Read the full story below, provided by Liftable.

During his first week on the job, Atlanta police Officer Che Milton responded to a shoplifting call. The perpetrator was a 12-year-old girl. She told Milton she was taking the $2 pair of shoes from the local Family Dollar store, so she could give them to her 5-year-old sister.

As tears rolled down her cheeks, Milton asked the girl where she lived, so he could take her home. Driving through a rough neighborhood, they stopped at a small house.

When Milton walked inside, he was shocked at what he saw. “There were not enough beds for all of the children,” according to the City of Atlanta Police Department Facebook page. Where a bed would be, there were sheets on the floor for the family to sleep on. “The only furniture in the house was an old sofa and there was not much food in the home,” the post read. The little girl’s mother was holding a baby in her arms. She was trying to clean up the place.

In addition to the 12-year-old Milton had picked up, the family had five other children according to an updated Facebook post by the City of Atlanta Police Department. As he conversed with the woman, Milton learned her husband is not around much because he needs to work out of town a lot to support their large family. Since he is away so much, she needs to stay home and take after the children since day care would cost more than they can afford.

“I saw the conditions,” Milton said. “There was no food in the house and the kids were there.”

Moved by compassion for the family, he went to a nearby pizzeria and bought four pizzas for them. Since then, he has periodically returned to the Staple family in order to drop off items such as diapers or clothes and to check up on them. Word quickly spread throughout Milton’s department about his failure to reprimand the young girl and his visits to the family. His sergeant was proud of Milton’s willingness to help a family in need and asked if there was anything they could do as a department.

The Atlanta Police Department posted the story on their Facebook page and asked for clothing, furniture, and baby supplies to be donated if possible. Response to the post was incredible!

Now the family has comfortable beds to sleep in and nice clothes to wear in public, and there is no need for a little girl to steal a pair of shoes for her sister. What a wonderful solution!

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