“The mom of an accused teen iPhone thief has a message for the Brooklyn woman who chased her son down and held him in a bear hug for cops: Good for you!” Reuven Fenton reports for The New York Post. “‘If it was my phone, I would have chased his ass, too!’ said the mom, whose 13-year-old boy was collared by his mugging victim Friday in Williamsburg. ‘She did whatever she felt was necessary,’ the mother added. ‘She thought she was in good shape to do it, so good for her.'”
“The mom, whose name is being withheld because her son is a juvenile, said the kid has been grounded for ‘I don’t know how long,'” Fenton reports. “‘He’s paying the consequences for what he did,’ she said.”
“The teen and two pals allegedly targeted Clara Vondrich at 1:20 p.m. Friday as she made a business call near a coffee shop on South Third Street. The boy allegedly pushed the 36-year-old woman, ripped her iPhone from her hand and sprinted off, sources said,” Fenton reports. “Vondrich raced after them, despite wearing thick wedge heels. She grabbed the 13-year-old, and the other two got away. She then held the boy for about two minutes until cops arrived and charged him with felony robbery as a juvenile.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]