"And I will never forget it. A Tarrant, Alabama Police officer who became an Internet sensation after he decided not to arrest a grandmother he caught shoplifting eggs but buy her some last Saturday, went a step further this week when he delivered two truckloads of food to her home to help her children. Be in the know. "I felt like it was the right thing to do. He just bought me eggs," Johnson said. When the store agreed not to press charges, Stacy decided to pay for the eggs. "The last time I saw my house this full, I was 12-years-old and staying with my grandmother,'' said the 47-year-old mother and grandmother.

", Johnson asked Stacy if she could hug him, and he said yes. The act of kindness was recorded and Johnson says it changed her life. "It's growing and growing and growing,'' Reno said. "

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"He is my hero.". My grandbaby said, 'Are you going to jail?' "I had no idea anybody was watching me," Johnson continued.

Alabama obituaries and Death Notices for Birmingham Alabama area . Checks should be made payable to the Tarrant Police Charity Fund c/o the Johnson Family.

Helen Johnson, the woman on the receiving end of the kind act, told CBS affiliate WIAT-TV in Birmingham the day after the story broke that she's struggling to find a job and pay her bills. "The story she told me Saturday matched up with what I had seen when I was there,'' he said. Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. Not all cops are evil, people. "I've been crying all day.". Links will not be permitted. “I’ve been crying all day.” Instead, he went into the store and came back out with a carton of eggs. Trump campaign thanks Ice Cube for ‘willingness to step up and work’ with the president in developing plan for Black Americans, SEE IT: Killers wipe hands with sanitizer right before fatal East Village shooting, Former Navy Seal on Trump conspiracy theory that bin Laden is alive: ‘I know who I killed, homie’, John Cena marries Shay Shariatzadeh in private Florida ceremony, White Michigan man broke Black teen’s jaw with bike lock, yelled ‘Black lives don’t matter’ and called him and friends the N-word, feds say, Multi-billion dollar Nike kicks popular Bronx sporting goods store to the curb after a half-century, Man chased and fatally shot in hail of bullets on Inwood street, Woman charged in fatal shooting of hard-working Queens dad, Feds start making good on Trump’s threat to defund ‘anarchist’ cities, ‘I just got out of jail,’ perv says after sexually assaulting woman in Manhattan: cops, Juneteenth recognized as official state holiday in New York, Let’s all be honest about hydroxychloroquine: Evidence is more positive than many in the medical community admit, Trump, 74, mocks Biden, 77, with photo showing the elder candidate in a nursing home, Shea: NYPD cop was speeding over 60 miles per hour when he fatally struck Bronx woman, Cuomo threatens to withhold funds from schools, NYC if coronavirus closures not enforced, Florida woman battered boyfriend who refused to perform sex acts: police, Amy Cooper made a second bogus 911 call about Black birdwatcher in Central Park, claiming he tried to assault her: prosecutors, Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Dreams’ hits No. On Wednesday, Tarrant police delivered two truckloads of groceries to the woman, who on Saturday was caught stealing five eggs from the nearby Dollar General. 2 on charts in wake of viral TikTok video, Gunshot victim targeted as he sat in his car on Brooklyn street, Chief of Patrol Fausto Pichardo retires following weeks of friction with Mayor de Blasio: sources, after her story of desperation in the face of her family's hunger, Artist Simone Leigh will be first Black woman sculptor to represent U.S. at Venice Biennale, Pilot reports seeing man on jetpack near Los Angeles airport, second time this year, SEE IT: Utah Trump supporter coughs on Black Lives Matter protesters in viral tirade: ‘Black lives don’t matter'. "This man -- he pushed my world in the right direction," she said. Celebrate and remember the lives we have lost in Tarrant, Alabama. Instead of arresting Johnson, Tarrant Police Officer William Stacy bought her a carton of eggs and sent her home with the promise to never shoplift again. Stacy said he can remember times growing up when his mother had trouble finding ways to feed him and his sister. ", Johnson said her life is forever changed because of the actions of Stacy and the Tarrant Police Department. WIAT reports people from all over the country have been calling the Tarrant Police Department, asking to donate either directly to Johnson or to the fire department's annual toy and food drive. Tarrant police said they've received calls from across the United States and world since hearing of Johnson's plight. "I've been crying all day.".

Officer Stacy bought the one dozen eggs that Johnson stole from a local store and didn’t arrest her.

Tarrant Police officers including Officer William Stacy deliver bags of food to Helen Johnson. Police officials today also set up a fund at People's First Federal Credit Union on Ford Avenue in Tarrant to benefit the Johnson family. Checks should be made out to the Tarrant Police Charity Fund c/o the Johnson Family. "The last time I saw my house this full, I was 12-years-old and staying with my grandmother,'' an emotional Helen Johnson told AL.com.

"I hope she won't do it again. Best Of The Week TARRANT POLICE DELIVER FOOD TO HELEN JOHNSON, Journal of the Caribbean College of Surgeons: A Tribute to the late Dr. Phillip Thompson. Election Day could turn into "Election Week" with rise in mail ballots, gained the attention of thousands after being caught on video, Russian spies living among us: Inside the FBI's "Operation Ghost Stories", Anchorage mayor resigns after TV anchorwoman's threats, 7 takeaways from the NYT report on Trump's tax returns. "That's our favorite.". and I said I hoped not.". It was a simple act that gained the attention of thousands after being caught on video and posted online: An Alabama cop chose not to arrest a woman stealing eggs, and instead bought them for her.

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I would have been a good cheerleader.". He had been on a call to Johnson's house once before, and had gotten a glimpse of the living conditions.

A 47-year-old woman was caught stealing eggs in Tarrant, Ala., over the weekend.

He said for two months he's been angry with police, and he said this has totally changed his mind.". http://t.co/mCPR9xK1JM, Alabama Police Officer Buys Eggs For Woman Stealing Them To Feed Her Family.

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