Extra Time: Violent crime spree foiled by mother in New Rochelle

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Saturday, March 18, 2023
Extra Time: Violent crime spree foiled by mother in New Rochelle
In this edition of 'Eyewitness News Extra Time,' we begin with a man accused of going on a violent crime spree in Westchester County.

In this edition of 'Eyewitness News Extra Time,' we begin with a man accused of going on a violent crime spree in Westchester County.

Police say he robbed a store where he allegedly beat and stabbed a worker who's now in serious condition.

Then moments later, he robbed a pedestrian, but it didn't end there. Police say the man then broke into a home with a mother and her two kids inside.

Marcus Solis with how this mother helped officers catch him.

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