Cogent or Fallacious 3

I was searching the internet earlier and found a heart warming article on Yahoo entitled "Michigan Officer Gives Young Mom Car Seat Instead of a Ticket" A public safety officer had received a call to intercept a vehicle that had a child not in her booster seat.

The law requires that children in Michigan stay in a booster seat until the age of 7 and this little girl was 5.  Officer Hall of Emmett Township, Michigan was going to give her a ticket for failing to have her daughter in a booster seat.  Alexis DeLorenzo the mother informed the officer that her car was reposed that morning and her daughter booster seat was in.  She said that her family was living from paycheck to mouth and that was all they could do for the moment.  Her friend was driving them around and did not Officer Hall asked her to meet him over at Wal-Mart where he purchased her a new booster seat and kindly gave it to her instead of the ticket.

I believe this story to be a cogent story that was originally aired on KTLA 5 news in West Michigan then later on many other media channels.  The officer also received an accommodation from his police department for his public service.  I was not sure if this was a made up story or not but after several media stations reported about the article with different interviews I found it to be cogent.