Teen Returns Money Father Stole From Elderly Widow [Video]

We hear a lot about the things teens nowadays do wrong. Here is a feel-good story. A teen returned money his father allegedly stole from an elderly widow.

Tona Herndon, who had recently lost her husband of 60 years, was robbed by a man while visiting his grave site at the cemetery.

Mr. Herndon has passed away the week before and was recently buried. His wife was visiting his grave when she was mugged by Shane Lunsford.

Police uncovered a surveillance video while conducting their investigation of the mugging and put the attacker behind bars.

Now for the good part of the story.

Christian Lunsford, the robber’s 15-year-old son, tried to undo the wrong his father had done to Herndon. He asked to meet the woman at a the First Baptist Church.

And he did. He apologized and went beyond that, giving Herndon $250 his father had recently given him for a trip.

The teen returned the money his father took from the woman, doing the right thing and said he was not surprised to learn his dad was responsible for her mugging.

“When I found out this whole situation, I didn’t know if it was hers or his or how — I just knew I needed to give the money to her.”

Herndon remembers the day of the mugging vividly and was struck by Shane Lunsford’s eyes,

“I looked him right in the eyes and there was a look in his eyes,” she noticed. “It was a look of pain and my thought was, ‘He doesn’t really want to do this.'”

The widow was very impressed with the young man’s actions saying that his family is very blessed to have him and thanked him for what he wanted to do.

“I thank them so much for what they wanted to do, to make things right. That was wonderful.” Tona Herndon added.

She was so touched by the teen returning her money that she decided to give it right back to him.

“I didn’t expect that at all, but it meant a lot. I was very surprised actually,” the teen said. He says he will use the money for a band trip this fall.

Considering the less than positive beginning of the story, it had a relatively happy ending when the stand-up teen decided to do the right thing and return the money to the elderly woman.

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