BREAKING NEWS – West Palm Beach, Florida – A 9-year-old girl in Florida was awarded by police after they say she fought off a robber to protect her mother – and it was all caught on video.
West Palm Beach police say Journee Nelson and her mother were shopping for groceries at Sabor Tropical Supermarket on Nov. 2 when the suspect tried to steal her mom’s purse.
“We walked out the store and then I took a little glance at him and then I looked back at the car and then I opened my door. And then, next thing I know, I saw him running towards my mom,” Journee said Sunday on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’
Police say while Journee’s mother was loading groceries into her car, the suspect ‘rushed up on her’ and began to violently pull at her purse before knocking her down. The suspect reportedly told the mother to let go of the purse or “you’re going to make me pop you” while reaching for his waistband.
Journee ran towards the encounter, punched the suspect on his head and then chased him four houses down. The suspect initially got away, but was later identified as Demetrius Jackson and arrested two days later, police said.
Jackson said at his arraignment that Journee was out of line by getting involved in “grown folks business”. He added that Ms. Nelson is an unfit mother, because she apparently taught her daughter to be violent and aggressive. And he also wanted the state to remove the Journee from the home, until the family court has done a thorough investigation into what he referred to as “the mother’s substandard parenting skills.”