Police in Maine throw birthday party for 8-year-old girl

Kindhearted police officers throw surprise birthday celebration for eight-year-old Maine girl after she invited her classmates to her party and no one showed up

The Augusta Police Department threw a birthday party for eight-year-old Larriah Binns after none of her classmates showed up to celebrate on Saturday
Officers arrived to Larriah’s home Sunday with cake, balloons and presents
Larriah sported a tiara and jumped up and down in excitement during the party
She was given a card signed by the entire department and several gift cards

By Associated Press

Published: 12:19 BST, 9 July 2018 | Updated: 17:08 BST, 9 July 2018

Maine police officers have gone above and beyond the call of duty, throwing a special celebration for an eight-year-old girl after no one showed up to her birthday party.

Larriah Binns of Augusta had her birthday party plans all set for Saturday, but was left heartbroken when none of her classmates showed up.

After the Augusta Police Department caught wind of Larriah’s failed party, they decided to throw her a celebration to remember on Sunday.

The August Police Department in Maine went above and beyond duty by throwing eight-year-old Larriah Binns a celebration on Sunday after no one showed up to her birthday party

Birthday girl! The little girl shrieked with excitement as off-duty officers arrived at her home with cake and balloons to spend the day with her

Larriah ripped open her many gift cards brought over by the officers as she donned a tiara

A dozen off-duty officers arrived to Larriah’s home with a birthday cake, balloons, and plenty of presents.

‘We asked mom where we could drop off the card and we decided to put together a party and brought cake and presents and other officers to help her celebrate,’ Sergeant Christian Behr said.

‘She was definitely surprised. I told her there was a few people coming over but she didn’t know who and when the cars started pulling up you could see the excitement in her eyes, she started jumping up and down,’ her mom Angelique Binns said.

‘She’s been pretty much surprised because I don’t think she really knew that we were all coming in such numbers. She might have had an idea that someone from the police department was going to show up with maybe a card but then we had some good response from off-duty officers and their families as well as all of the other officers that are working today,’ Sergeant Behr added on the successful surprise.

Larriah received a card signed by the entire police department and several gift cards to her favorite stores.