Missouri Officer Frees Child From $4 Claw Machine at Bowling Alley

12 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 22

Officer Brown, off duty at Lucky Strike in St. Peters last week, used about $4 to free a young girl trapped in an arcade claw machine.
A police photo showed the child stuck in the machine's prize-deposit area; authorities did not immediately say how she got inside.
The girl was reunited with her family after the rescue, and the St. Charles County Police Department said Brown then returned to bowling.
The department cast the episode as an example of officers serving the community on and off duty.

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