RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Some Riverside police officers saved Christmas for a
family whose presents were stolen right out from under their tree in a
burglary, authorities said today.Late Christmas Eve the single mother and her two sons returned to
their apartment and discovered the burglary, according to a Riverside Police
Department press release.The patrol officers who responded took a report and left, but decided
to do more for the family, officials said.They retrieved extra toys that were collected at the station and other
officers and dispatchers donated $700 to save the family's Christmas,
police said.Just before 3:30 a.m. Sunday, the officers returned to the apartment
to deliver the goods and Riverside firefighters followed a few hours later,
officials said.Vid
