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A duo making an attempt to steal merchandise from a Bronx greenback retailer was caught on video placing a 23-year-old feminine employee in a chokehold final week — the third violent theft on the store in lower than a 12 months.
“I used to be bodily assaulted in entrance of individuals, and I needed to defend myself in entrance of youngsters,” the shaken sufferer advised The Post on Sunday.
“I used to be scared to come back again to work as a result of they could know me,” the Westchester County resident, who requested to stay nameless out of worry for her security, stated of her attackers. “They can damage me — I nonetheless work right here.”
The incident occurred round 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 14, on the Family Dollar Store on Webster Avenue close to East 168th Street in Morrisania when an unidentified man and lady tried to depart the shop with a cart containing items, cops stated.
The employee stated she was watching the entire incident unfold on a safety digicam and thought that the thieves would have gotten away with about $400 price of products if she didn’t intervene.
“They had cleansing stuff, tissues, every part. They had every part from inside the shop,” she stated.
The employee stated that when she confronted the crooks, they fought her for his or her booty — and the feminine robber even choked her, video reveals.
The assault was the third such violent incident on the low cost retailer since October, police stated.
In January, a sticky-fingered suspect used eye-stinging pepper spray on a employee who tried to cease them from leaving the shop with swiped items, cops stated.
Three months earlier, a person and a girl tried to steal garments and family merchandise from the shop. When a clerk intervened, the person slashed him with a box-cutter, cops stated.
Last week’s assaulted employee stated the shop doesn’t have common safety regardless of shoplifting there virtually on daily basis.
“We want some extra safety, and we’d like the strongest ones as a result of that is getting worse,” she stated.
“The space shouldn’t be good. We have a number of [homeless] shelters right here, and it’s the shelter individuals are available right here [from] and steal stuff.”
Last week’s two thieves fled the placement with an unknown quantity of retailer merchandise, cops stated.
Meanwhile, the worker who confronted them sustained minor accidents and was handled by EMS on the scene.
The feminine thief is described as roughly 5’6” and 220 kilos along with her lengthy black hair in braids. She was final seen carrying a white t-shirt, black pants and black Adidas sandals.
The man is described as roughly 5’4” with a slim construct, bald head and grey facial hair. He was final seen carrying a black baseball hat with a blue rim, a black t-shirt with a white Adidas brand on the entrance, black pants with white stripes on the legs and white sneakers.
