A lady with 14 prior arrests was busted once more for robbing a 7-year-old boy and slapping the child’s mother inside a Bronx bodega final week — then promptly reduce free with out bail, cops and sources stated.
Monique Fort, 48, was busted Oct. 16 — about three weeks after she ripped about $4 out of little one’s hand and walloped his mother inside Richard’s Fruit and Greens on Jerome Avenue in Mount Eden on Sept. 24, cops stated.
However Fort — who was seen on surveillance footage of the assault donning a pink wig — was granted supervised launch by Decide Margaret W. Martin a day after her arrest, regardless of a the district legal professional’s workplace requesting the serial perp be held on $100,000 money bail, $300,000 bond, or $300,000 partially secured bond.
The circumstances surrounding the discharge weren’t instantly recognized.
Fort was going through fees ofrobbery, assault, grand larceny, petit larceny, prison possession of stolen property, endangering the welfare of a kid and harassment, based on cops and a prison grievance.
Surveillance video of the stunning bodega theft confirmed Fort poking her head within the door of the small market and accosting the boy, who was holding the money in his hand.
She snatched the cash and turned to go away however walked into the boy’s 38-year-old mom – who tried to cease her whereas pushing one other younger little one in a stroller, the video confirmed.
The bullying mugger then smacked the mother within the face and took off.
The startling encounter left the boy “crying, upset and shaking,” and his mother struggling “substantial ache, redness, soreness, and bruising” on her arm and chest, based on the grievance.
Fort gave the impression to be hiding in plain sight for weeks after the assault, workers on the bodega beforehand instructed The Submit.
Erick Vidals — co-owner of the store — stated final week he acknowledged the suspect from the neighborhood and that regardless of the theft and assault, she was nonetheless lingering round.
He stated he even referred to as the police about one sighting of her, sans wig, however they got here too late, he stated.
“She’s nonetheless strolling round right here. I noticed her like two days in the past,” a feminine employee added. “She ran away [after the attack], however I reside within the neighborhood, and I noticed her strolling round [again].”
Fort’s most up-to-date arrest on her prolonged rap sheet, additionally within the Bronx, was on Sept. 26 for prison mischief, cops stated.
Her final assault arrest was on March 17, 2021 in Brooklyn, authorities stated.
Different prior busts have been for theft, reckless endangerment, prostitution and loitering, police stated.
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