{"id":1787362,"date":"2022-12-26T18:48:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T23:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1787362"},"modified":"2022-12-26T20:58:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T01:58:17","slug":"after-true-life-grinch-steals-indiana-familys-food-and-presents-police-save-christmas-with-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-true-life-grinch-steals-indiana-familys-food-and-presents-police-save-christmas-with-donations\/","title":{"rendered":"After \u2018True-Life Grinch\u2019 Steals Indiana Family\u2019s Food And Presents, Police Save Christmas With Donations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafter-true-life-grinch-steals-indiana-familys-food-and-presents-police-save-christmas-with-donations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1787362&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Police<\/a> In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/indiana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiana<\/a> One family saved Christmas after their holiday cheer was destroyed by a \u201ctrue-life Grinch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South Bend Police Department responded on Christmas Eve to a burglary report. A burglar had taken food from the refrigerator and all the family\u2019s Christmas presents, leaving nothing for the children to open on Christmas. The police responded and brought back armfuls of food, gifts, and other items to replace what the thief stole.<\/p>\n<p>The SBPD <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SouthBendPD\/videos\/2410185085795485\/\">posted<\/a> a video of the officers to the Department\u2019s Facebook page. \u201cEarlier today, day shift officers responded to a Breaking &#038; Entering complaint at a home in South Bend,\u201d The Department wrote. \u201cAfter talking to the homeowner, officers learned that Christmas gifts had been taken, leaving the children with nothing for the holidays. Fortunately, officers were able to get in touch with the organizers of the South Bend FOP Lodge #36 Santa\u2019s Elficers program, who advised they had some leftover gifts to share. Officers then came back to the residence with several boxes of Christmas presents and food for the family. This is what serving our community is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The officers invite children to enter the room and place toys under a small Christmas tree. Two children are excited when they see the toys and jump up and down, laughing. A third child&#8217;s mother holds her baby and enters the room, gasping when she sees the toys. \u201cOh my goodness,\u201d The mother exclaims and tells her children to tell the officers \u201cthank you,\u201d Before thanking them, the children smiled and thanked the officers. The children beam with delight and smile as they present their new gifts to officers.<\/p>\n<p>Interview with local news station <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wndu.com\/2022\/12\/25\/how-south-bend-pd-saved-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WNDU<\/a>, the officers compared the thief to a real-life version of Dr. Seuss\u2019s \u201cThe Grinch,\u201d They also explained the reasons for replacing stolen items. \u201cThey found out that the house had been burglarized, and in the process, the individual had taken all the gifts and even some food out of their refrigerator,\u201d Brian Meador, a Patrolman, spoke to the outlet. \u201cSo, they really left this family with nothing much at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrue-life Grinch,\u201d Meador added. \u201cYep, cleaned them out. Not even the Who-hash or the Roast Beast (was left). It was all taken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meador works together with the \u201cSanta\u2019s Elficers\u201d food and toy drive. They had already distributed toys to over 400 families and food to many more. He was contacted by the officers responding to the crime scene. \u201cThey asked if we had anything extra, and we keep items here at the station for just an instance like this,\u201d He said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd when you see the kids, this morning I was able to go out and deliver the food and the gifts, and to see those little girl\u2019s faces when they saw the presents under the tree and started playing with them, that\u2019s why we do what we do,\u201d Meador said. \u201cThat\u2019s the positive part, and that\u2019s what keeps us going as officers. And so, I hope it\u2019s a memory for them that\u2019ll last a lifetime. Maybe someday, they\u2019ll be in a position to give back.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Indiana saved Christmas for one family whose holiday cheer was ruined by a \u201ctrue-life Grinch.\u201d The South Bend Police Department responded to a breaking and entering report on Christmas Eve morning. A burglar had taken food from the refrigerator and all the family\u2019s Christmas presents, leaving nothing for the children to open on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":1731952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[11927,6962,3645,10847,6922,6202,4303,11929,4397,10673,7006,3967,6277,10011,11928,6195,3635],"class_list":["post-1787362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-true-life","tag-the","tag-after","tag-and","tag-christmas","tag-daily","tag-donations","tag-familys","tag-food","tag-grinch","tag-indiana","tag-police","tag-presents","tag-save","tag-steals","tag-wire","tag-with"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1787362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1731952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1787362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1787362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1787362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}