I think everyone has done things they are not proud of. If you\'re a repeat offender without compassion it\'s one thing, but I seriously doubt (in fact would be outright shocked) if this was the case. Helping your friends when they are down does not mean you are agreeing with what they have done, it means you care for them and want to help them through a rough period in life. It\'s up to the person your offering the help to to decide if they want it or not, and if they want to learn from what happened and change for the better or worse from it.
If you choose to ostracize or give your hand, throw stones or block them is up to you as a person, but regardless of which side you fall on it shows that you care for both the person and society in general to want to prevent something like this from happening. No one ever wants to be on either side of this situation, and the less it happens the better. That said, it did happen, thank whatever it is you speak to when you\'re alone that nothing other than jocelyns financial situation and a few minutes of a police officers time was affected, reflect on it, take away what you can to learn from it and we can start to move on.
That\'s what I love about an open community like this; everyone has an opinion and is free to express it. I\'m sure more than just jocelyn will take away something positive from this thread.