Original Blog Entry: Mother accused of training 11-year-old boy to be pickpocket

truesee — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 11:19:49 GMT

Mother accused of training 11-year-old Bronx boy to be pickpocket worried about son's reputation

Melissa Grace

DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Friday, March 25th 2011, 4:12 PM

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Carolyn Taylor yells at photographers as she leaves Manhattan Criminal Court Friday.

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Taylor is accused of having her 11 year old son help her steal a wallet from a baby stroller.

She allegedly turned her 11-year-old son into a thief - and now she's worried about his reputation.

A Bronx woman went nuts Friday when photographers took her picture, suggesting it would look bad for the boy at school.

Carolyn Taylor, 35, is charged with making the child filch a wallet from a baby stroller at a Gap Kids on the upper West Side.

Wearing tight jeans a high-heeled suede boots, Taylor yelled at members of the media who were photographing her as she left a Manhattan court.

You can't do this, she ranted.

All you gotta do is my kid's school see this.

Next time I'm coming back here with a thousand Muslims and kick your ass, she continued.

Throwing a beige scarf over her shoulder, she stormed down a hallway - her two male companions keeping their distance.

Taylor's lawyer, Henry Weil, said he wasn't sure what she meant by the last statement.

He said charges against the boy are being dropped, but prosecutors plans to present their case against Taylor to a grand jury Wednesday.

Taylor, who is out on $5,000 bail, was charged with possessing stolen property and endangering the welfare of a child for orchestrating the Jan. 15 theft, officials said.

Taylor's rap sheet has 11 arrests since 1993 on charges ranging from petty larceny to stolen property.

The Gap swipe was caught on videotape, and Taylor and her son were also taped using the victim's credit card at a drug store - where they also shoplifted.

In the drugstore video, Taylor appears to be directing her boy on what to steal and stuffing stolen merchandise in her bag.

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