Two Facebook videos added up to the arrest of a teen in the assault and robbery of a woman on an Atlantic City street.
The 16-year-old, whose name is not being released due to his age, had his first interaction with police inside a convenience after 11 p.m. Dec. 26, a Facebook Live video shows.
In the video, the teen is seen yelling at people in the store, throwing a two-litter bottle of soda at the clerk and then opening a bag of chips that he empties on the floor and stamps on with his sock feet.
When police arrive, they try to get him to leave. He fights them and spits on an officer. Outside, an ambulance comes, and he is picked up by an officer, who puts him on the stretcher.
It wasn’t until later that police learned of another video posted by a different Facebook user showing a woman being attacked on the street.
“SMH, He Stuck Some Flow Up Before He Flipped The Store,” the user wrote on the previously recorded video uploaded Dec. 27.
“I don’t have no money,” the woman is heard repeating over and over as she is on the ground.
The teen is seen trying to go through her pockets. He attempts to kick her as well. One kick does land on her head.
When the woman is up walking again, the teen takes her down to the ground.
The man videoing and others can be heard laughing and making joking comments.
It ends with him taking money and running away. The woman is seen picking a bill off the ground.
“You still got a dollar,” the man recording says. “You good.”
The poster later added a post defending his actions after many criticized him laughing and recording rather than helping the woman.
After the videos were shown to police, they found more video of the attack on the 1500 block of Adriatic Avenue by Surveillance Center personnel, Sgt. Paul Aristizabal said.
The victim was identified as an elderly woman. Her name is not being released.
An investigation by Detective Fariyd Holmes led to the suspect being identified and charged.
He was arrested Wednesday without incident, Aristizabal said.
The teen is charged with robbery, theft, simple assault and terroristic threats. He was remanded to the Ocean County Juvenile Detention Center.
