At a time when tensions between police officers and African Americans are high, some good news has emerged from Tarrant, Alabama.

Helen Johnson, 47, lives in poverty with her two daughters, a niece and two grandchildren, ages 1 and 3. This month, her daughter’s welfare check got lost in the mail and the family began to go hungry.

After two days without eating, Johnson went to a Dollar General store with $1.25, hoping to buy some eggs. Upon learning she was more than 50 cents short, Johnson desperately shoved five eggs into her pocket.

“Of course, when I put them in my jacket pocket, they broke,” Johnson told AL.com. “I’m not a good thief at all.” A worker apprehended Johnson and informed her the police had already been called.

After the store decided against pressing charges, Tarrant police officer William Stacy bought eggs for Johnson. “She started crying,” Stacy said. “She got very emotional and was very apologetic. She tried to give me the money she had on her, $1.25.”

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