Robbers take 100K in loot but leave behind their kid

At first this story is funny, ha ha ha, duh stupid robbers forgot your kid at the crime scene. Then when you realize this couple brought their child to a violent robbery and the child was supposed to help them and then they left him behind it’s sad, and really fricking messed up.

Good luck kid, good luck. Keep smiling.

Phila. Police Arrest Parents in Bizarre South St. Jewelry Store Heist
KYW.com  |  Monday, 01 March 2010 12:07PM  |  by KYW’s Mike DeNardo and John Ostapkovich

Police say they’ve arrested the man and woman who robbed a South Street jewelry store on Saturday and left their four-year-old son behind as they got away.

The couple was arrested together around midnight at a motel in the 7600 block of Roosevelt Boulevard. John Benson, 47, and Sheakia Stubbs, 31, are charged with robbery, child endangerment, and attempted murder.

South Detectives captain Laurence Nodiff (right) says the pair had their four-year-old son with them on Saturday when they grabbed more than a dozen rings worth about $50,000 and ran from the “Platinum and Ice” jewelry store at Sixth and South Streets (see related story).

The store owner chased them until, according to police, Stubbs slashed him in the neck with some sort of sharp object. The couple ran away, leaving the boy behind. The store owner required nearly a dozen stitches

DHS is caring for the boy (right), whom Nodiff says helped track down the suspects:

“The child, as a result of a debriefing by the Special Victims Unit, was able to give us some information to help us locate the parents.”

Police say Benson has 24 prior arrests, and Stubbs three.

The stolen rings have not been recovered. Nodiff says that police are willing to waive a charge of receiving stolen property if the items are turned in.

(Nodiff photo by KYW’s John Ostapkovich)