Sgt. Hector Irizarry was the supervisor on the shoplifting call at the Kohl's store in Fairfield.
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After arresting the 27-year-old mother, who was in the store with a young child, Sgt. Irizarry decided to see what was in the bag.
"As I'm going through the bag, I notice that it's a lot of children's clothing," Irizarry said.
That's when the sergeant, a father himself, made a decision.
"I took the clothes over to the cash register, I decided to pay for them myself and she didn't know what I was doing," Irizarry said. "Of course, she got emotional, the person with her got emotional and she asked 'what can I do to pay you back?'"
The sergeant's answer was simple: pay his good deed forward. It's something that made his police chief proud.
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"This is just another example of officers doing their job, and at the end of the day, saying I'm a dad, I care about your kids and I'm going to help you put clothes on your daughter," the police chief of Fairfield said.
"It was just something I felt compelled to do, and it really came from the heart," Irizarry said. "I just wanted to show law enforcement in a positive light."
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