Vancouver – Vancouver Police Department officers arrested a woman yesterday for allegedly assaulting a one-year-old baby and his mother.
The mother was walking with her baby in a stroller along East Hastings Street near Princess Avenue at about 4:40 p.m. when she was approached by an unknown woman. The mother told police the woman demanded money and during the altercation, the suspect grabbed her baby by the hair. No one was physically injured.
Immediately after that incident, CCTV cameras captured a woman matching the suspect’s description approaching an unidentified man and punching him in the face. There was an altercation and the suspect left.
About 10 minutes later, police received a report of a woman matching the suspect’s description attempting to steal alcohol from a nearby liquor store.
Police attended and arrested the suspect. She was taken to jail and then to hospital for a pre-existing condition. Police are requesting assault charges and a warrant be issued upon her release from hospital.
This file remains under investigation.
