There is a video of NYC dollar-store shoplifters putting a worker in a chokehold out there with a bunch of reactions from social media folks. According to the victim via the New York Post;
“I was physically assaulted in front of people, and I had to defend myself in front of kids,” the shaken victim told The Post on Sunday.
“I was scared to come back to work because they might know me,” the Westchester County resident, who asked to remain anonymous out of fear for her safety, said of her attackers. “They can hurt me — I still work here.”
The incident occurred around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 14, at the Family Dollar Store on Webster Avenue near East 168th Street in Morrisania when an unidentified man and woman tried to leave the store with a cart containing goods, cops said.
The worker said she was watching the whole incident unfold on a security camera and thought that the thieves would have gotten away with about $400 worth of goods if she didn’t intervene.
“They had cleaning stuff, tissues, everything. They had everything from inside the store,” she said.
The worker said that when she confronted the crooks, they fought her for their booty — and the female robber even choked her, video shows.
The attack was the third such violent incident at the discount store since October, police said.
The female thief is described as approximately 5 feet 6 and 220 pounds with her long black hair in braids. She was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, black pants and black Adidas sandals.
The man is described as approximately 5 feet 4 with a slim build, bald head and gray facial hair. He was last seen wearing a black baseball hat with a blue rim, a black T-shirt with a white Adidas logo on the front, black pants with white stripes on the legs and white sneakers.
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