Moped-riding NYC bully rips $1,300 chain off 5-year-old boy’s neck: sources

A moped-riding mugger ripped a $1,300 chain off of a 5-year-old boy’s neck then sped off on a Bronx street Saturday afternoon, according to cops and law enforcement sources.

The unidentified brute drove the two-wheeler up to the young child as he was walking to his father in front of an apartment building on Marion Avenue and carried out the sudden heist around 4 p.m., police and sources said.

Police are looking for the mugger who took off on a moped. DCPI

The boy was left with redness and swelling to his neck, and needed to be treated at the scene by EMS.

The stolen chain is worth around $1,300, sources said.

The 5-year-old boy had redness to his neck. DCPI

Police are now searching for the thief who rode off northbound on Marion Avenue with a multicolored hat, black jacket and black jeans, according to surveillance footage captured by the NYPD.

Anyone with information on the robbery can call NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-8477 or for Spanish 1-888-577-4782.