Teen arrested for beating, robbing elderly woman

Police have arrested a 14-year-old for allegedly beating and robbing an elderly woman inside a Wynnefield wig shop.

The boy, whose name isn't being released because he's a juvenile, allegedly jumped the 67-year-old employee inside Judy Wigs on 54th Street near Arlington at 7:20 a.m. May 6, police said. The woman recognized him as the young robber who'd stolen $70 from the store's cash register on April 29, police said. She ordered him to leave the store; instead, he demanded money, pushed her into a glass case, kicked and punched her until she collapsed on the floor and then fled, police said.

The woman suffered cuts to her left hand and bruises on her head, police said. The store's

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caught the attack, and someone who recognized the boy tipped his mother, who turned him in, police said.