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    NYC woman suspected of robbing little boy and slapping mom still strolling around neighborhood, furious residents say

    By Georgett Roberts, Alex Oliveira,

    4 hours ago

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    A woman suspected of snatching cash from a little boy’s hand and then slapping his mother at a Bronx bodega is still hanging around the block, leaving locals fuming that cops haven’t cuffed her yet.

    “She’s still walking around here. I saw her like two days ago,” a worker at Richard’s Fruit’s and Vegetables told The Post on Sunday.

    “She ran away [after the attack], but I live in the neighborhood, and I saw her walking around [again] before I came to work,” she added.

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    A woman who is accused of robbing a little boy and slapping his mom is still walking around her Bronx neighborhoods, angry locals tell The Post. Tomas E. Gaston
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    The woman allegedly entered a bodega and took cash from a 7-year-old boy. DCPI

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    The suspect was caught on camera sporting a pink wig as she poked her head in the door of the small Jerome Avenue market Sept. 24 and accosted the 7-year-old boy, who had a few dollars cash in his hand.

    She snatched the money and turned to leave but walked into the boy’s 38-year-old mother as the mom pushed another young child in a stroller. The suspect then smacked the shocked mom in the face and took off.

    Erick Vidals — co-owner of Richard’s Fruit’s and Vegetables — told The Post he also recognized the suspect from the neighborhood and that despite the theft and assault, she’s still lingering around.

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    He saw her as recently as Saturday, sans wig, and rushed to the phone to call the police, but they came too late, he said.

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    The suspect seen leaving the bodega in a pink wig. DCPI
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    The woman sitting down near where she allegedly committed the crime. Tomas E. Gaston

    “She was on the block. She walked back and forth in front of my store for maybe 5 minutes,”  Vidals said.

    “I called 911 — a few of us called. I told them I got the lady who snatched the money from the little kid here. They were asking me what is the color of her skin, what kind of clothes she got on, what color is her hair … little details that they could skip and just send the cops,” he said.

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    “The police showed up like 15, 20 minutes later. The first thing they asked was where she at. I told them she left.”

    Vidals said he could only point cops in the direction that perp was last seen walking. They told him “they were gonna go that way to see if they see her,” he said.

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    A resident called the police on the suspect, but they arrived too late to arrest her. Tomas E. Gaston

    “That’s it. They never came back. If they had showed up right away, they would have caught her.”

    The NYPD told The Post that wanted posters with the suspect’s face were being posted around the neighborhood as of Sunday.

    Additional reporting by Juan Gonzalez.

    For the latest metro stories, top headlines, breaking news and more, visit nypost.com/metro/

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    💡💡eSoneSon💡💡
    4m ago
    She's mentally ill.
    Richard Polanco
    30m ago
    they are saying this is a woman it looks like the Missing Link
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