MIAMI – Police are looking for a man who was caught on camera assaulting a three-year-old at a Walgreens in Allapattah.
Police say the incident happened at the Walgreens at 1695 Northwest 20th Street on Dec. 13th.
Surveillance video shows a woman standing in line at the pharmacy with her three-year-old son, when a man approached her son, violently striking him in the head before rushing out of the store. Fire rescue crews responded and treated the little boy on the scene.
That man has since been identified as 28-year-old Marvin Green. He is 5-feet 7-inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds. Detectives say they recognize him because he frequents the Allapattah neighborhood and they have had encounters with him in the past.
Green has a history of arrests, with several cases including burglary, battery, assault, disorderly conduct and abuse. In all but a few cases, charges were dropped, or he was released on his own recognizance.
In July 2020, he pleaded guilty to battery while he was being held at the Metro West Detention Center. During a fight with other inmates, Green struck a jail guard in the face. That sentence ended last summer.
“What we want the community to remember is that this was an unprovoked situation and even if the little boy did do something, it gives no one the excuse or reason to strike such an innocent little boy, or anyone for that matter,” said Kiara Delva, City of Miami Police Department spokesperson.
Anyone with information is is urged to contact the Miami Police Department’s Assaults Unit at (305) 603-6940 or Miami-Dade Crimestoppers at (305) 471-TIPS.