Video Captures Robbery and Attack of Woman, Suspect at Large

Surveillance video captured the violent robbery of a teenage girl in the lobby of her own apartment building. The Los Angeles Police Department describes the attack as "brutal," and are now asking the public's help in locating and apprehending the "aggressive and dangerous suspect."

The victim is an 18-year-old woman, who entered her apartment building lobby at about 10:10 p.m. the night of January 8. The LAPD explain the encounter:

The suspect approached the victim from behind, put his arm around her neck and tried to grab her cell phone. When the victim resisted, the suspect slammed her to the ground and punched her several times in the face and the stomach. The suspect attempted to take her purse, but instead took her cell phone. As the suspect began walking toward the front door, the victim ran after him and tried to take her phone back. The suspect turned around, punched the victim several more times in her face then walked out the lobby door.

The suspect has been described as male, Hispanic, 25-25 years old, 5'5" and approximately 180-200 pounds. During the attack, he was wearing jeans, a white t-shirt with black printing on the front and back of the shirt and black shoes

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By Lindsay William-Ross in News on January 13, 2012 8:30 AM 0 Comments

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hN9S9

cell phone replacement is costly. not only do you have to replace the phone, you'll be charged an activation fee.

miguel2299

I'm disgusted by this. But to crusher158 what if he's not from Mexico where do wwe deport him to then? Try to use more precaution when choosing your words yes? Thanks.

Miguel Saenz

I see your point. Now, this deportation thing seems too complex. Why not save the trouble of figuring out which country owns the product? Let's designate a drop-zone country, they can figure it out themselves from there.

crusher153

a piece of shit basically describes the lowlife. how about deporting his ass back to mexico

Paul

It's saddening that things like this happen, but at the same time, you need to minimize your damages. She let a tailgater come in, and was holding her phone in an awkward way. By awkward, I mean a "look at my cell phone" - which I notice is a common thing for certain women, even though she has a gigantic bag that would probably hold her cell phone.

Sad, but at the same time we have to know there are crazy people that will rob us if we show too much.