This is the moment a mother instructed her 7-year-old child to steal an unattended purse at a Georgia restaurant.
Surveillance video allegedly captured Kenya Butler, 28, from Union City, Georgia, reportedly encouraging her daughter to take an abandoned purse from a booth at The Juicy Crab.
‘After the story aired in the media, we were able to identify Kenya Butler as the offender in this case,’ Detective Taylor Dalton of the Newnan Police Department told Fox 5 Atlanta.
The suspect is charged with two misdemeanors: contributing to the delinquency of a minor and theft by taking, per Fox News Digital.
Her daughter is not in any legal trouble.
A mom was caught on film telling her daughter to steal a purse from a booth at a Georgia restaurant
Kenya Butler has been arrested for allegedly instructing her child to boost the purse
In the video, Butler is seen getting up from the table with her daughter and leading her to a table with an empty booth.
The mother, carrying another child in her arms, can be seen subtly gesturing with her head for her daughter to pick up the unattended purse.
The daughter is seen hiding the purse from sight as she leaves the restaurant.
The group the suspect was with dined-and-dashed, leaving a $500 bill unpaid for.
Police said the suspect, who is a mother of three, refused to comment as to why she allegedly told her daughter to take the purse.
A male suspect responsible for the unpaid bill is being sought after by the authorities.
The man captured on film was seen with tattoos on both arms and a shirt that read ‘Fake love, rich sex.’
Butler was arrested on March 13 and made her $2,300 bond the same night.
Her court appearances have not been scheduled yet.
Surveillance video captured Butler reportedly encouraging her daughter to take an abandoned purse from a booth at The Juicy Crab
The suspect is charged with two misdemeanors: contributing to the delinquency of a minor and theft by taking
Her court appearances have not been scheduled yet
The group the suspect was with dined-and-dashed, leaving a $500 bill unpaid. A male suspect responsible for the unpaid bill is being sought after by the authorities
This is not the only time child thieves have been in the headlines in recent weeks. In one incident this month, three kids dubbed the ‘little rascals’ by the FBI were arrested for holding up Houston Wells Fargo bank
Police said the trio, ages 11, 12, and 16, passed a threatening note to a teller and ran away with an undisclosed amount of money.
There was also an arrest in December when a toddler in Ohio was caught stealing a package from a family’s front porch before running back to their mother and fleeing.
In December, Jasmin Norman got a notification that her security camera had gone off, and when she checked it, she watched as the young child snatched her Amazon package and scurried off.
By the time Norman made it to the front door, the child had ran to a woman pushing a stroller and together they left the scene.
‘I see what looks to be a mother walking with a stroller, and the baby running up to the lady pushing the stroller and just kept on about her day. It’s very uncomfortable,’ Norman said.
Norman revealed that the package was supposed to be a surprise Christmas gift to her from her husband. She also said it was the second instance that a package has been stolen off her front porch.