Shining example of a good Samaritan.
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By Raif Karerat
An Ohio sheriff’s office is praising one of its deputies who quietly went out of his way to help a homeless family he spotted in a jail waiting room, providing them with shelter, clothing, shoes, and food.
When Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Bussell spotted a mother and her two sons sitting in a jail waiting room for a particularly long time, he asked if anything was wrong. Tierra Gray subsequently told the officer that she had been evicted from her home.
Gray informed WCPO 9 that she and her sons have bounced from friends to family to church members’ homes after her landlord evicted her when she missed a rent payment.
After hearing of the family’s plight, Bussell called several shelters to try and find the family housing, but “Most of the shelters were overcrowded or there was a time requirement to be there and we were past that,†Bussell said.
In desperation, they turned to the Butler County Sheriff’s Office for help, where they were met with blankets and allowed to stay in the lobby overnight, having only the clothes on their backs.
Furthermore, Bussell also helped arrange for new clothes and shoes for the boys, as well as stocking them up on food.
To top it all off, he arranged for Gray and her sons to have as many as 10 days’ stay in a hotel while Gray looks for a new place to live, covering the expenses on his own dime, reported The Journal-News.
Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones said he is surprised by neither Bussell’s kindness nor the fact that he didn’t draw attention to it.
“I am pleased that he was able to help this family out,†Jones said in a press release. “This speaks volumes in lieu of all the recent negativity people are saying about law enforcement. I have some of the best employees here.â€