Maryland police officer buys nappies for woman who was 'shoplifting them for her baby'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/police-officer-buy-nappies-woman-shoplifting-baby-maryland-laurel-bennett-johns-grocery-store-a7871236.html
A police officer in Maryland has helped out a woman accused of shoplifting by buying nappies for her son.
A police officer in Maryland has helped out a woman accused of shoplifting by buying nappies for her son.
Bennett Johns, a rookie officer at the Laurel Police Department, said that he was responding to a call at a local grocery store where a 20-year-old mother had been caught trying to shoplift two packs of diapers with her young son in tow.
“After she purchased some groceries she did not have enough money left over to buy the diapers,“ a statement from the police department provided to ABC read. ”Officer Johns considered the situation and then made the decision to purchase the diapers out of his own pocket so that the young child would not suffer.”
The officer still cited the young woman for shoplifting, but did not arrest her. He instead referred her to social services to try and make sure that she and her toddler were taken care of.
The woman, according to the statement, is now receiving support and help from those social services.
The police department thanked Officer Johns for his actions in the statement. Officer Johns, who was sworn in in May, was thanked “for not just fairly enforcing the law, but also showing empathy to an innocent child put in a difficult situation.”
A police officer in Maryland has helped out a woman accused of shoplifting by buying nappies for her son.
Bennett Johns, a rookie officer at the Laurel Police Department, said that he was responding to a call at a local grocery store where a 20-year-old mother had been caught trying to shoplift two packs of diapers with her young son in tow.
“After she purchased some groceries she did not have enough money left over to buy the diapers,“ a statement from the police department provided to ABC read. ”Officer Johns considered the situation and then made the decision to purchase the diapers out of his own pocket so that the young child would not suffer.”
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The officer still cited the young woman for shoplifting, but did not arrest her. He instead referred her to social services to try and make sure that she and her toddler were taken care of.
The woman, according to the statement, is now receiving support and help from those social services.
The police department thanked Officer Johns for his actions in the statement. Officer Johns, who was sworn in in May, was thanked “for not just fairly enforcing the law, but also showing empathy to an innocent child put in a difficult situation.”
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Each year roughly $13 billion worth of goods are stolen from retailers in America, according to the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention, a figure that amounts to approximately $35 million per day. That organization says that there is no “typical” shoplifter, in spite of the romanticized of scenarios like the one Officer Johns responded to.
Of all shoplifting, 25 percent is committed by minors. Of adults, roughly 55 percent say that they shoplifted when they were teenagers. Shoplifting generally isn’t an indicator that an individual will commit other crimes.
Now that is one decent bloke! But in an unrelated story, other than it's also about Nappies...
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Asda withdraws own brand nappies after newborn suffers 'chemical reaction'
Father Jordan Bartliff confronts supermarket after baby son suffers allergic skin irritation from using Little Angels product
Asda has withdrawn an own brand nappy for newborns from sale after a father claimed his son suffered a “chemical reaction” to the product.
Jordan Bartliff posted pictures on Facebook showing his premature baby's red and irritated skin.
He said the youngster, who was born five weeks early, had been wearing the nappies for three weeks without any problem, but that the reaction to the nappy had left him needing oxygen.
The picture posted by the infant's father Jordan Bartliff on Facebook shows severe irritation and blisters on the baby’s skin (Jordan Bartliff/Facebook)
Mr Bartliff warned other parents to be vigilant, adding that he thinks it may be a “bad batch” of the Little Angels newborn nappies.
On Saturday Mr Bartliff wrote: “So Saturday yesterday morning has to be the worst day of our lives so far, we opened a fresh pack of newborn little angels to put on the baby, we go to change the nappy an hour later, and these pictures are the results.
“It looks like a chemical reaction as been confirmed by the hospital As he's been wearing the same nappies for 3 weeks prior to this (sic). With no problems whatsoever.”
From Independent.co.uk
Asda said it had withdrawn the product from sale as a precaution.
Lizzy Massey, vice president of own brand at Asda said: “Our hearts go out to the Bartliff family and hope their baby son makes a full recovery soon.
“We're in touch with his dad and have collected the nappies so that we can test them along with others in the batch.”
She added: “We take our responsibility to parents most seriously and as a precaution we have decided to remove our Little Angels newborn nappies from sale until we know why this happened.”
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