Ordinarily, car thieves aren't exactly people to look up to, but when one criminal broke into a van in New York and realized it was filled with explosives, he didn't just run away and hide, he didn't even wait to call the police. Instead, he took action and drove the van to an isolated waterfront area and then reported the van -along with how he found out about the explosives. In honor of his civic-mindedness, police neglected to even file charges against him.
Read about other criminals with hearts of gold over at Cracked.
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