Officer provides dinner instead of charges to suspected shoplifters
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Credit: Somerset Police Department
SOMERSET, Mass. - A Massachusetts police officer declined to charge two women accused of trying to steal groceries for the children and instead bought them Christmas dinner.
Somerset Officer Matt Lima responded to a report of shoplifting Dec. 20 at Stop & Shop, where two women with two young children were accused of putting groceries into bags at a self-checkout kiosk without scanning them.
The women said they had fallen on hard times and were trying to provide a Christmas dinner for the children. Lima says he was reminded of his own children and used his own money to buy $250 in grocery gift cards.
Police officer pays for shoplifting suspects holiday dinner
Two women with two young children were accused of bagging groceries at a self-checkout kiosk without scanning them. Author: Associated Press Updated: 11:21 AM EST January 2, 2021
A Massachusetts police officer declined to charge two women accused of trying to steal groceries for the children and instead bought them Christmas dinner.
Somerset Officer Matt Lima responded to a report of shoplifting Dec. 20 at Stop & Shop, where two women with two young children were accused of putting groceries into bags at a self-checkout kiosk without scanning them.
The women said they had fallen on hard times and were trying to provide a Christmas dinner for the children. Lima says he was reminded of his own children and used his own money to buy $250 grocery gift cards.
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SOMERSET, Mass. A call to police about a shoplifting incident has turned into something much bigger for a Massachusetts police officer who felt the punishment didn’t necessarily fit the crime.
A few days before Christmas, Matt Lima of the Somerset Police Department was dispatched to the local Stop and Shop for a reported theft.
“The allegation was the two females were scanning some items at self-checkout but bypassing other items and bagging those items,” explained Lima. “Dispatch indicated it was two females and two young small children and they were detained by Loss and Prevention over there.”
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Police officer pays for holiday dinner for women accused of trying to steal groceries for their children
Two women with two young children were accused of bagging groceries at a self-checkout kiosk without scanning them.
Credit: Somerset Police Department
Somerset Police Officer Matt Lima purchased a Christmas dinner for a family in need after responding to a shoplifting incident. Author: Associated Press Updated: 11:21 AM EST January 2, 2021
A Massachusetts police officer declined to charge two women accused of trying to steal groceries for the children and instead bought them Christmas dinner.
Somerset Officer Matt Lima responded to a report of shoplifting Dec. 20 at Stop & Shop, where two women with two young children were accused of putting groceries into bags at a self-checkout kiosk without scanning them.