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Fox News recently shared a truly heartwarming tale between an officer, a boy, and a love for Pokémon.

Bryce, a 9-year-old boy, has been collecting Pokémon cards since he was 6-years-old. While on his way to show off his prized collection to a friend, Bryce suffered a true tragedy. "Some kid stole them right out of my hand and he ran over there," he said.

Naturally, Bryce was devastated to lose his collection, so his mother called the police hoping they could help. Cleveland police officers James Grotenrath and Ken Kirk, arrived at the scene to investigate. Although police later discovered Bryce's binder of cards, they realized some of them were missing.

"I grew up with Pokémon, I loved Pokémon as a kid and I would be heartbroken too if my cards were taken from me," Grotenrath shared.

In a selfless act, Officer Grotenrath went home after his shift, and rummaged through his closet to find his old collection. The two-year Cleveland police veteran then returned to surprise Bryce by giving up his own Pokémon collection, as well as other cards he had stored.

"It's a banned card of Pokémon and there's only about ten of these in the world and I have one of them. It's a priceless item, but it's better to see someone else smile, and in my book, like my partner says, it's just happy to see a citizen smile instead of always frowning upon us and looking the other way," added Grotenrath.

Bryce, who has two uncles on the police force, says he has always respected the work of police officers. "I think they're really nice and they help out the world," Bryce expressed.

Officers shared that the kid who stole the cards was only a few years older than Bryce. While he received a good "talking to," no charges were filed.