PALM COAST, Fla. – A Flagler County business donated money to a local Girl Scout troop Thursday after their cookie sales were interrupted by two brothers who deputies said attempted to steal their cookies and money over a $20 debt.
"When we ran up, there was a man laid out on the ground, the Girl Scouts were crying, cookies were all over," said Debra Boos, who rushed to help the Girl Scout troop the night of the cookie debacle last month.
According to the police report, Daniel Kennedy, 18, and his 16-year-old brother attacked the family of a Girl Scout, who they said owed their sister $20, while they were selling cookies outside a Palm Coast Walmart.
Investigators said that when the family did not have the money to pay them back, Kennedy demanded to be paid in cookies.
After being denied the cookies, the brothers knocked the cookies off the table and flipped it over, deputies said.
Boos was there the night deputies called chaos and confusion.
Boos said that she had not shopped at a Walmart in years, until the night of the incident.
"We were leaving, literally driving out of the parking lot and in the rear view mirror, we saw a guy go full force at the Girl Scouts," she said.
The Flagler County Sheriff's Office invited the Girl Scout troop and Boos Thursday for a special surprise. The troop received a $200 donation from a Palm Coast business who wanted to remain anonymous to cover the money they lost.
Boos and her daughter received "The Good Samaritan" award for their bravery.
Boos told News 6 that she would put herself in harm’s way again, if it meant helping someone in need.
"If its and buts were candies and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas. But that's not how it works. You got to step in and help," she said.
The Girl Scout troop declined to comment on camera but said they've sold a total of 6,500 boxes of cookies.
Kennedy is charged with three counts of simple battery and one count of disorderly conduct. The 16-year-old is charged with one count of battery and disorderly conduct.