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Cleveland Police Officer Makes Boy's Day With Power of Pokemon

"Anything we can do to put a smile on a citizen's face, is a job well done in our book," Officer Jimmy Grotenrath

Yesterday, 9 year-old Bryce of Cleveland had his Pokemon card collection stolen right out of his hands by another kid. Noticing how upset he was, Officer Jimmy Grotenrath of the Cleveland Police Department's 4th District gathered his own Pokemon collection from when he was a kid, and brought it to the boy reports CNN.

"Some of the neighborhood kids were actually able to help us locate this boy," Grotenrath told CNN. "We talked to the boy's parents and the parents confronted the boy. He brought the cards back out and handed them over and apologized."

The officer wrote on his Facebook page:

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"Yesterday my partner and I met this young man, named Bryce. His Pokemon cards were taken right out of his hands from another boy. We were able to retrieve most of his Pokemon cards and spoke with the other boy's parents. Bryce was still upset because some of his cards were still missing. So last night after my shift I found some of my old Pokemon cards in the closet when I was a young boy and brought them to work. Bryce was ecstatic to see all of his new Pokemon cards and stated he loves the police. We spoke with Bryce's family and stated they have two Uncles that are also Cleveland Police Officers in the 3rd and 5th District. Anything we can do to put a smile on a citizens face, is a job well done in our book."

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