A Miami man who cops say smacked a 3-year-old to the ground in a store has been arrested
Update: Marvin Green was arrested Friday on multiple charges including aggravated child abuse, jail records show. He is being held in Miami-Dade’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $25,000 bond.
A 3-year-old boy waiting in a Walgreens pharmacy line with his mother got knocked to the floor by a random smack to the head by a grown man earlier this month, Miami police said.
The security camera watching the pharmacy area at 1695 NW 20th St. caught the Dec. 13 attack, after which the man committing the assault walked away. Police say he’s 27-year-old Marvin Green and they’re looking for him.
Green’s 5-foot-7, about 160 pounds and hangs out in the Allapattah area. Anyone who has information on his whereabouts can contact Miami police’s assaults unit at 305-603-6940 or Assaults@miami-police.org. If you want to remain anonymous, there’s the option of Miami Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477 (TIPS) or the website.
Police say Miami Fire Rescue treated the boy at the store.
This story was originally published December 23, 2021 at 12:42 PM.
