Andrew Ford

@AndrewFordNews

HOWELL - Township police are trying to identify a woman they say cursed at and pushed an Orthodox Jewish 16-year-old at a Walmart.

About 10 p.m. Sept. 5, the teen was standing in front of the store with friends, according to a police statement. The teen told police the woman entered the Walmart with another man. While entering the store, she turned toward the teen and confronted him "aggressively without provocation," according to the statement.

The man tried to restrain her. She then asked the teen if he was from Lakewood and told him to “go back to Lakewood you [expletive] Hasidic Jews," according to the statement.

She then pushed the boy and went into the store, leaving minutes later, before police arrived.

Detective Sergeant Christian Antunez explained that both the comment and the push are criminal acts.

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Police described their suspect a white woman in her mid-20s or early 30s and released a surveillance image of her. She drove a newer model white four-door Kia Optima.

Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to contact Detective Cpl. Nancy Carroll at ncarroll@howellpolice.org or 732-938-4575 Ext. 2894.

Andrew Ford: 732-643-4281; aford3@gannettnj.com