Miami-Dade Judge Mindy Glazer was on hand to greet Arthur Booth Tuesday as he was released from jail after serving 10 months.
The pair previously met last year in her courtroom when she recognized Booth as her middle school classmate when he appeared before her to face burglary charges. The video of their emotional meeting has been viewed millions of times around the world.
'Did you go to Nautilus for middle school?' Glazer asked 49-year-old Booth.
'Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness,' is all the inmate could say as went from a sporting a smile into a flood of tears.
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Extraordinary moment: Judge Mindy Glazer and Arthur Booth had not met in more than three decades when he appeared in her courtroom for a bail hearing last year. He is charged with burglary and fleeing police
Happy times: The old classmates met once again after Booth was released from jail Tuesday on a court program. Above Booth gives Glazer a huge hug
Bright promise: Booth was selected for Nautilus Middle School because of his intelligence, his family disclosed, and his dream was of becoming a neurosurgeon. Glazer wanted first to be a veterinarian, then a lawyer
'I'm sorry to see you and I always wondered what happened to you,' Glazer told Booth.
She told the court, 'This was the nicest kid in middle school. He was the best kid in middle school. I used to play football with him. Look what has happened.'
The old classmates met once again after Booth was released from jail on a court program.
His family and the judge stood by waiting to greet him as he walked out of jail after serving 10 months, CBS Miami reported.
Video of the heartwarming moment shows Booth smiling from ear-to-ear as he first hugged his family members, and then moved on to give Glazer a huge hug.
'Take care of your family. Try to get a job. Stay clean,' Glazer told Booth. 'You're going to do something good for somebody else.'
'You better believe it. You better believe it,' Booth replied.
He shared that his old classmate is a huge inspiration to him.
'She's an inspiration and a motivation to me right now. Mindy is incredible,' Booth told CBS Miami.
'Cause I know where I could've been, but I'm not giving up on life. It's just a new lease on life for me right now.'
'He had a good judge who wanted to give him a chance,' Glazer stated. 'This is a group effort to see you succeed. Don't let us down.'
'I won't. I promise not to,' he replied.
In addition, Booth told CBS Miami that he owes a lot to both his lawyer and the prosecutor as well.
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