Virginia Beach, Va. - Recently, a Beach officer was out patrolling when he ran the tags on a family's car.
He thought it had been stolen.So when the officer stopped the car carrying 10-year-old Natalie and her mother, Natalie got scared.
“I was thinking that she was going to get put in jail,” says Natalie. “So I just got worried and I just started breaking out in tears.”
But those tears didn't last long. Soon officer Jeff Leathers had her laughing.
Natalie appreciated him so much she wrote a poem.
Clearly, Natalie's mom's car wasn't stolen.
It turns out that mix up was caused by a clerical error at the DMV.
