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Shirley deli owner who helped robber to focus on charity

Mohammad Sohail, owner of Shirley Express

Photo credit: Audrey C. Tiernan | Mohammad Sohail, owner of Shirley Express

Mohammad Sohail, the Shirley deli owner who became a media sensation in June after a surveillance tape captured him handing $40 to a bungling robber, has become so enamored of charity that he has decided to make it his full-time work.

The convenience store owner's brush with fame - which came after the 47-year-old took pity on a whimpering thief he subdued - prompted people from around the...

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