Teenage iPad-jacker rips tablet from hands of 4-year-old

The Broward Sheriff’s Office is looking for a teen who stole an iPad out of the hands of a 4-year-old.

Surveillance video taken July 24 at a Tamarac beauty salon shows a young boy identified as Alejandro Ariza sitting at the Grace Salon, 5449 N. State Road 7, watching cartoons on an iPad as he waited for his mother who works at the shop.

An unidentified teenage male entered the salon, asked an employee a question, then snatched the iPad from the boy and ran out the door. Alejandro wasn’t hurt.

According to BSO, witnesses described the suspect as about five-foot-six with a slight build. His hair was shaved on the side with twists on top and he was wearing a purple T-shirt with ‘INVS’ written across the front.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Mark Copley at 954 321-4270 or report anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers of Broward County at 954-493-TIPS (8477) or online at www.browardcrimestoppers.org.

This story was originally published July 29, 2015 at 2:13 PM with the headline "Teenage iPad-jacker rips tablet from hands of 4-year-old."