Colorado Deputy Feeds A Starving Family In Need

Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Weiner recently showed kindness to some residents in the Denver area. A 71-year-old great-grandmother with two children in her care was left hungry, and Weiner saved the day by providing for them.

Weiner revealed that he encounters a lot of domestic crises in his line of work, and although he cannot solve them all, this particular incident moved him. “A lot of days, it’s someone’s worst, worst day of their life. I see a lot of suffering on the job. Unfortunately, there’s not a lot of time to follow up because we’re call, to call, to call, to call,” Weiner said.

The children were starved intentionally

An argument ensued between Vicki, who had two great-grandchildren in her care, and her boyfriend, who called 911 as the issue escalated. However, the deputies listened to Vicki’s side of the story and asked her boyfriend to vacate the home.

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“He ate these two last hot dogs in the house that were supposed to be for the boys and made them just sit there and watch while he ate them,” Weiner reported. “As a father and as a parent and just as a good human being like that just felt so vengeful and so mean.” Looking into her food cabinets, Weiner found that she barely had any food for the children, so he had to do something about it.

Weiner went grocery shopping for the babies

After settling the dispute, Weiner pointed out that there was a bigger problem that needed sorting out. “Here’s the thing I’m most worried about, ma’am. I’m real worried about your kids not having any food,” he said, as heard from the bodycam footage of his conversation with Vicki.

He set out to do grocery shopping with his partner and was back in no time with bags full of items like peanut butter and jelly, juice, milk, bread, chicken, breakfast foods, and hot dogs. “I just thought it was really sweet when the kids were helping me unpack groceries,” Weiner recalled. “They were eating cheese sticks out of the bag. You could tell they were ready for some food.”

In addition to solving the immediate problem, Weiner’s partner connected Vicki with the local food bank, consistently supplying her and the two boys with groceries. “Where we work in district five, there’s so many people that have so many needs,” Weiner added. “It’s so important to be able to connect people to resources.”