It was a crime guaranteed to enrage Kansas Citians.
A 10-year-old Topeka boy who brought an autographed Kansas City Chiefs helmet to Sunday’s game at Arrowhead Stadium, hoping to add a signature from quarterback Patrick Mahomes, turned around to find the helmet had disappeared.
It had been stolen.
But — in part through the power of social media — the misdeed would be made right, and then some.
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On Sunday, two uninvited men reportedly slipped into the corporate suite where the boy and others were watching the game, and made off with the helmet, which had been signed by numerous players over the years.