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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire police officer dispatched to the scene of a shoplifting incident paid the thief’s tab after learning a woman stole the items to bake her child’s birthday cake.

The Portsmouth Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1NGYDlB ) Officer Michael Kotsonis, a 19-year member of the Portsmouth force, responded to a call last week at the Ocean State Job Lots after a woman had stolen cake mix, shortening and « a couple things of frosting. »

After investigating the theft and learning the woman’s identity, Kotsonis went to her home to recover the items. It was there that he found that the woman was a mother who wanted to bake her child a birthday cake.

Kotsonis says the mother’s actions weren’t right, but he wasn’t going to take away a child’s birthday cake.

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Information from: Portsmouth Herald, http://ift.tt/NhwX6A

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