Crime & Safety

16-Year-Old Boy Arrested For Allegedly Pushing Woman Down NYC Church Stairs, Robbing Her

Video shows the 68-year-old woman walking up the stairs to the church's entrance when the suspect runs up the stairs in front of her.

(CBS New York)

April 12, 2024

NEW YORK -- Police have arrested a teenage boy who is accused of pushing a woman down the stairs outside a Queens church.

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It happened Sunday morning outside Saint Demetrios Church on 152nd Street in Jamaica.

Video shows the 68-year-old woman walking up the stairs to the church's entrance when the suspect runs up the stairs in front of her. Police say he then punched her in the face, causing her to fall backwards down the stairs onto the sidewalk.

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