BRIDGETON — On Halloween, three teen girls reportedly robbed a 4-year-old boy of his bag of candy in front of his mother on the 100 block of Walnut Street, police said.

At approximately 8 p.m. Friday night, while the Bridgeton mother and son were either trick-or-treating or coming home from trick-or-treating, the three teen girls, all described as about 15 years old, reportedly ran up to the boy with one of the girls pushing him to the ground while pulling his bag of candy from his hand, authorities said.

The three teen girls ultimately seized the bag of candy from the young boy and ran off in different directions.

The boy was not injured, police said.

The mother described the teenage girls as follows:

A Hispanic female, approximately five-feet two-inches tall, wearing a gray-hooded sweatshirt and black sweatpants. Police say this is the teen that reportedly pushed the boy down and took his bag.

A Hispanic female, approximately five-feet two-inches tall, wearing a blue-hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.

A black female approximately five-feet two-inches tall, wearing a black and gray square-pattern jacket, glasses and hair braided and pulled back.

Anyone with information is urged to contact police at 856–451–0033 or call the CrimeStoppers hotline at 856–455–5550 or text information to TIP411, subtext "Bridgeton."

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