Boy Arrested in Purse-Snatching on MTA Bus: NYPD

Police say the suspect they'd been looking for in a purse-snatching on an MTA bus is an 11-year-old boy. 

The boy was arrested and charged with grand larceny in the Feb. 26 robbery inside the bus on the corner of Commonwealth and East Tremont avenues in the Bronx, police say. 

Surveillance video from inside the bus shows the boy waiting for the bus to stop, and as the doors open, he grabs the 53-year-old woman's purse and runs off. 

The woman was seated in the front with her grandson on her lap. The purse contained her iPhone 5 and personal identification, police said. 

Parents who live next to the bus stop were disturbed by what they saw in the video.

"I think it's up to parents to keep track of their children at all times and obviously they're not doing a good job at it," said Edwin Hernandez of Tremont. 

The boy will be facing a judge in juvenile court, police said. 

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