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Great story<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n

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A 47-year-old woman was caught stealing eggs in Tarrant, Ala., over the weekend. But instead of arresting Helen Johnson, police officer William Stacy bought her a carton of eggs in exchange for a promise never to shoplift again.<\/p>\n

That wasn\u2019t the end of it. The story garnered so much attention, that offers of donations of money, food and clothes poured in from around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last time I saw my house this full, I was 12-years-old and staying with my grandmother,\u201d Johnson, herself a grandmother,\u00a0told the<\/a>\u00a0Birmingham News<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019ve been crying all day.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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