- Kenya Butler, 28, from Union City, Georgia, reportedly encouraged her daughter to take an abandoned purse
- The mom now faces two misdemeanor charges
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…
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