Autistic man robbed at Mall receives Cash & Xbox

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Last week, a 27-year-old autistic man was robbed of his birthday money, but today he's getting it all back.  

Patrick was presented a gift today from police and the community after his money was stolen.  

Last Tuesday, Patrick was walking through a breezeway  to the mall, police say, carrying 100 birthday dollars to buy video games.  

In a this video police posted on social media you can see a man befriends Patrick, tricking him and taking his money.  

"The media and the community felt the same outrage that we felt when we saw the video.  There was a lot of support.  This is not something you want to see in your community, let alone in your backyard," said Lt.Timothy Shaw, assistant chief of police.

Police identified the suspect as 27-year-old Steven St. Jacques.  Police arrested him today, charging him with 2nd degree Larceny -- he's held on a $50,000 bond.  St. Jacques admitted the crime and police say he knew the victim.

But this afternoon, Patrick received new birthday money and gift cards -- donated by police and the community.

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What a dick.. too bad its a misdemeanor.. worst case scenario, he will get some community service and maybe some probation time..

 

Hits me a little close to home since I have an autistic daughter, if that guy did that to her, I would take matters into my own hands.. no slap on the wrist the crappy justice system will give him

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it rarely happened that you receive any "good" from police department.

 

Easy shot at police that you know nothing about.  This whole "Police never help" is BS!  People never talk about the police helping!

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Easy shot at police that you know nothing about.  This whole "Police never help" is BS!  People never talk about the police helping!

 

They are paid every month to help the citizens. Do you want them to be appraised endlessly for doing their job? That doesn't happen to me at work.

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They are paid every month to help the citizens. Do you want them to be appraised endlessly for doing their job? That doesn't happen to me at work.

That wasn't his point :rolleyes:

Anyhow, glad to see the guy was caught and some good came of it in the end.

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Do you want them to be appraised endlessly for doing their job? That doesn't happen to me at work.

 

Sucks to be you.  Where I work, hard work and commitment are met with much praise, both verbally and financially.  But well done on completely missing the point!

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Dunno about Europe, but most cops here are hard working stiffs with an extremely hard and dangerous job. They don't know when the next joker they stop for speeding or other infraction is going to try and kill them. Do you risk your safety at work, day in and day out?

Cops, firefighters and EMS, aka First Responders, are largely appreciated in the US. Cops may be under-trained as regards firearms use, one of my pet peeves, but that's often not their fault.

What negative cop stories you see in forums and on the news are the exceptions, not the rule.

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Agreed with Nik, I've had plenty praise from managers in the past for hard work. We have appraisals every year and I can think of plenty times where I have been told lots of positive things about my work.

Police, firefighters, Armed Forces etc etc do not and will never get the level of praise most deserve in my opinion.

If in this case the police had a hand in raising that extra bit of cash to help this person then they deserve a thanks even more. They did their job by finding and arresting the guy, they didn't need to go any further than that.

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