Crime & Safety
Arrest Made In Robbery Of 4-Year-Old's Chain In Wash Heights
A 46-year-old was arrested Thursday in connection to a child getting their chain necklace snatched in Washington Heights, according to NYPD.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — Orlando Dueras, 46, was arrested Thursday in connection to a four-year-old getting his chain stolen off his neck within a Washington Heights building last week, according to police.
Dueras, who the police said is experiencing homelessness, was charged with robbery.
The preschooler was inside the lobby of a residential building near West 183rd Street and Audubon Avenue, when a man stole the four-year-old's chain off his neck and fled the building, according to police.
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The child suffered a small cut to his neck, police added.
The NYPD did not specify if the four-year-old got his chain back.
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