Woman snatches money from boy, 7, at Bronx bodega: video

BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – A woman snatched money from a 7-year-old boy at a Bronx bodega, surveillance video released by the NYPD on Thursday showed.

It happened at a Jerome Avenue store around 11:40 a.m. on Sept. 24. The child was attempting to pay for fruit at the store when a woman took his money, police said.

The woman was seen opening the door to the store and talking to the boy before taking his money, video showed.

The boy’s mother attempted to stop the woman. The suspect is accused of punching the mother in the face, according to authorities.

The suspect fled the scene going northbound toward East 170th Street. EMS treated the victim’s mother at the scene.

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Matthew Euzarraga is a multimedia journalist from El Paso, Texas. He has covered local news and LGBTQIA topics in the New York City Metro area since 2021. He joined the PIX11 Digital team in 2023. You can see more of his work here .

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