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Officer Helps 7-Year-Old Boy Trying to Sell Teddy Bear for Food

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FRANKLIN, Ohio – An officer in Ohio went above and beyond after finding a 7-year-old boy wandering alone, trying to sell his teddy bear for food, WLWT reports.

Officer Steve Dunham saw the boy wandering around a busy area in downtown Franklin all by himself.

“It broke my heart. He told me he was trying to sell his stuffed animal to get money for food because he hadn’t eaten in several days,” Dunham told WLWT.

Dunham bought the child some food from Subway and took him to the Franklin police Department.

Police began investigating the boy’s situation and discovered he lived with his four brothers in a home full of garbage, cat urine, and liquor bottles. His parents were charged with 10 counts of child endangering.
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Re: Officer Helps 7-Year-Old Boy Trying to Sell Teddy Bear for Food
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2016, 02:46:08 am »
Talk about bad parenting

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Re: Officer Helps 7-Year-Old Boy Trying to Sell Teddy Bear for Food
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2016, 02:50:26 am »
There are so many good people in the world.  And so many people who need the good people.
Roy Moore's "spiritual warfare" is driving past a junior high without stopping.

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Re: Officer Helps 7-Year-Old Boy Trying to Sell Teddy Bear for Food
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2016, 05:30:38 am »
Sometimes instead of a halo and wings Angels wear blue and carry a badge.
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Re: Officer Helps 7-Year-Old Boy Trying to Sell Teddy Bear for Food
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2016, 06:56:29 am »
Sometimes instead of a halo and wings Angels wear blue and carry a badge.
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Re: Officer Helps 7-Year-Old Boy Trying to Sell Teddy Bear for Food
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2016, 07:57:11 am »
It is a terribly sad story.  But I've got to love that boy.  How incredibly smart and decent of him.  He took something that was his and tried to sell it as a legitimate means of meeting his needs.  Wow.  I mean, SEVEN.  I hope he and his siblings get into a good home where they can thrive and grow.  That kid has potential.

He was starving and turned to capitalism, good instincts!

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Re: Officer Helps 7-Year-Old Boy Trying to Sell Teddy Bear for Food
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2016, 02:11:40 am »
 
Sometimes instead of a halo and wings Angels wear blue and carry a badge.
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