Shop With A Cop is a meaningful event, where police officers partner with local businesses and take underprivileged kids shopping for holiday gifts and build positive relationships.

The Hartford Police Department, which included 15 officers took part in the annual event at Walmart, in Hartford on Saturday, December 6. It was a fun day, which included shopping carts full of presents.

Then, an unexpected twist happened - no, the Grinch did not show up! Instead, it was a woman who had committed a felony-level retail theft the day before, on Friday, December 5. The Hartford police officers did not need any alerts or calls - they noticed her on their own, according to Hartford City Administrator Steve Volkert. She walked into Walmart on the one day it was basically a satellite police station.

The woman was taken into custody right in the middle of all the Christmas cheer.

The officers from Hartford barely had to pause their shopping.

Happy Holidays to the Hartford Police Department!