{"id":98719,"date":"2026-01-13T15:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/98719\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T15:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:17:07","slug":"bronx-deli-worker-beaten-with-baseball-bat-for-stopping-shoplifter-from-stealing-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/98719\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx deli worker beaten with baseball bat for stopping shoplifter from stealing chips"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Bronx deli worker was mercilessly beaten with a baseball bat<\/a> by a shoplifter he tried to stop from palming a package of chips, police said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Cops released images of the suspect wanted for the Jan. 7 attack at Moe\u2019s 2430 Deli Grocery<\/a> and are asking the public\u2019s help identifying him and tracking him down.<\/p>\n

Store employees told police the bearded shoplifter often comes into the store on E. Tremont Ave. near Castle Hill Ave. and swipes bags of chips and other snacks.<\/p>\n

The day of the attack, the shoplifter grabbed a bag of chips off a rack near the store\u2019s entrance about 9:30 a.m., cops said. When the 29-year-old victim told the thief he had to pay for the chips, the crook grew beligerant and threw the chips onto the ground, sparking an argument, police were told.<\/p>\n

During the clash, the shoplifter grabbed a baseball bat and struck the worker multiple times in the face, causing a deep gash.<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice released surveillance images of a man who they said beat a 29-year-old Bronx deli worker with a baseball bat. (NYPD)<\/p>\n

The attacker stormed off down the street, cops said.<\/p>\n

Medics took the store worker to Jacobi Medical Center<\/a> with minor injuries.<\/p>\n

Cops scouring the area for surveillance footage<\/a> secured images of the suspect near the deli. He was wearing a green Old Navy sweatshirt, red sweatpants and black-and-white sneakers.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers<\/a> at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Bronx deli worker was mercilessly beaten with a baseball bat by a shoplifter he tried to stop…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,265,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-98719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}