Lawrence Deprimo New York City Police Officer Buys Shoes for Homeless

NYPD - "Kind - Cop." (Photo credit: Luke Bryant)

Larry DePrimo gave a new pair of boots to a homeless man in Manhattan's Times Square. The photo of homeless man Jeffrey Hillman accepting a pair of boots from NYPD officer Lawrence DePrimo on a cold November night near Times Square has become an Internet sensation. But it turns out Hillman, a military veteran, isn't actually homeless. Jeffrey Hillman's brother Kirk was stunned when he read about the tourist's photograph of New York City police officer Lawrence DePrimo giving new all-weather boots and thermal socks to a barefoot homeless man in Times Square. Kirk and his wife Tish told.

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$16 house? Dallas area man evicted after squatting

Downtown Dallas in the background with the Trinity River in the foreground. Taken from the N Hampton Rd bridge. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Robinson's Costa Mesa CA (Photo credit: Patricksmercy)

After paying $16 to file a one-page claim to an empty, $340,000 home in an upscale Dallas suburb, Kenneth Robinson moved in furniture, hung a "No Trespassing" sign in the front window and invited television cameras inside for a tour.

He says now that he doesn't want to be an example to others.
"The truth is I don't want people to think that they should go out there and do anything based on what I did," he said last week. "Whether they do it or whether they're not is solely up to them."
Robinson hasn't been charged with a crime but police said they responded to several calls from his neighbors. One neighbor, Chris Custard, attended Monday's hearing and was smiling after the eviction was ordered.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/06/16-house-dallas-area-man-evicted-after-squatting/#ixzz27Sy0aVZt

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