SOUTH JERSEY

Boy, 5, uses allowance to buy lunch for police

Associated Press
William Evertz Jr. saved up his allowance for seven months and went to a Subway restaurant to get sandwiches for officers in Winslow Township.

WINSLOW TOWNSHIP - A 5-year-old boy in South Jersey has picked up the lunch tab for his police department.

William Evertz Jr. saved up his allowance for seven months and went to a Subway restaurant on Wednesday to get sandwiches for officers in Winslow Township.

William Evertz Jr. saved up his allowance for seven months and went to a Subway restaurant to get sandwiches for officers in Winslow Township.

His mother says he told her he wanted the officers to rest so they could protect the town.

Police made the boy an honorary officer and gave him a special shirt and badges. He also got a ride home in a police car with lights and siren.