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Jul 11, 2009 5:34 pm US/Eastern

Stranger Pays Ex-Con's Debt To Tom Brady

BOSTON (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 2: Dennis Paiva.
Boston Herald
Click to enlarge 2 of 2: Tom Brady and his wife Gisele Bundchen attend 'The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion' Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 4, 2009 in New York City.
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A convicted bank robber who says he had to panhandle to repay a debt to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has had his debt erased by a local businessman.

Dennis Paiva was ordered by a court to pay $4,000 after selling Brady's expensive flower boxes for scrap metal, mistakenly believing they'd been put behind Brady's Boston condominium as trash in May 2008.

Dan Greenwald, the owner of a Burlington ad agency, said he decided to pay the restitution after reading about Paiva's plight in the Boston Herald on Friday.

Greenwald said it seemed like Paiva, who says he can't work because of recent surgery, got "the rawest of raw deals."

The 61-year-old Paiva said Greenwald's gift was like "a dream come true."

He says he had no idea the planters belonged to the New England Patriots quarterback.

Police caught him on surveillance video.

Under a plea deal, he agreed to pay $4,000 restitution to Brady's real estate trust.

A Patriots spokesman said he doubts Brady is aware of Paiva's situation.