A mother out with her toddler was allegedly threatened by a knife-wielding man during an alarming daylight robbery in Vancouver’s Point Grey neighbourhood this week.
Police said the victim was pushing her 17-month-old child in a baby stroller Tuesday morning when a stranger tried to grab her phone.
When she held onto the device, the man allegedly threatened her and “attempted to push the stroller over,” the Vancouver Police Department said in a news release Wednesday.
“The mother was able to stop the stroller from falling, but the suspect got away with her phone,” police said.
Witnesses provided a description of the man to police, who managed to locate and arrest a suspect “within minutes,” according to the department.
Charges of robbery and uttering threats have since been approved against 37-year-old Ibrahim Omar.
Authorities said the suspect remained in custody as of Wednesday morning pending a bail hearing.
