Police: Man assaults girlfriend in Juniata Park home, steals her baby and abandons it at a corner store

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Police say the man who entered a home in Juniata Park on Friday afternoon, assaulted his girlfriend, and took her child is now in custody.

It all unfolded around 1:15 p.m. on Neilson Street near Piccoli Playground. Police said the man assaulted his live-in girlfriend, then took her 11-month-old baby from her. It was wearing no clothes and had nothing but a blanket on.

According to our newsgathering partners at NBC10, a witness cited the man saying the baby he took was his son. Police confirmed the man was not the baby’s biological father…

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