Officers who caught a teenager shoplifting did an unexpected thing, according to a Georgia police department.

Lt. Walters and Officer Brunson with Rome police caught a 14-year-old shoplifting candy from a local business, according to the department's Facebook page.

Police said the teen gave the candy back, but they wanted to do something for him.

The officers found out he didn't have any food in his house when they took him home, so they decided to take him to get groceries.

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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