And finally… ring of truth

A police officer has received praise after he successfully recovered a woman’s engagement ring lost on a sandy beach.

Jessica Haelen returned to the beach late in the evening after realising that her engagement ring was gone.

Officer Derrick Jaradi, who spotted her wandering on the beach, came to her assistance and the pair searched for hours with a metal detector.

The officer in Galveston Police Department, covering the island city on the Gulf Coast, had himself become engaged just that afternoon.

The pair eventually gave up, but Mr Jaradi later returned on unrelated business and found the ring at 4.30am, ABC 13 reports.

The officer has since been invited to the couple’s wedding reception.

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