When a struggling single mother was caught shoplifting at a Miami supermarket, the officer who responded made an on-the-spot judgment call; instead of a ride to the police station, the officer gifted the mother a cart full of groceries and an escort home.
Jessica Robles told the officer she didn’t have the money to pay for food for her daughter and two young sons. She had walked out of the Publix supermarket with a cart containing $300 worth of groceries, bypassing the checkout and heading straight for her car.
