Moped-riding NYC bully rips $1,300 chain off 5-year-old boy's neck: sources
A moped-riding mugger ripped a $1,300 chain off of a 5-year-old boy's neck then sped off on a Bronx street Saturday afternoon, according to cops and law enforcement sources.
The unidentified brute drove the two-wheeler up to the young child as he was walking to his father in front of an apartment building on Marion Avenue and carried out the sudden heist around 4 p.m., police and sources said.
The boy was left with redness and swelling to his neck, and needed to be treated at the scene by EMS.
The stolen chain is worth around $1,300, sources said.
Police are now searching for the thief who rode off northbound on Marion Avenue with a multicolored hat, black jacket and black jeans, according to surveillance footage captured by the NYPD.
Anyone with information on the robbery can call NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-8477 or for Spanish 1-888-577-4782.
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