By Jefferson Siegel and Olivia Scheck
DNAinfo Staff
MANHATTAN CRIMINAL COURT — Police arrested a Bronx mom on charges she used her 11 year old son to shoplift on her behalf, with at least one of her heists caught on tape, prosecutors said.
Carolyn Taylor, 35, was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court late Monday night and charged with grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and endangering the welfare of a child. Her son was also arrested and charged with grand larceny and is reportedly expected to be arraigned in Family Court.
Taylor was nabbed inside a Gap store at 67th Street and Broadway on Sunday, the same store where she'd allegedly gotten her son to snatch a wallet from a customer on Jan. 15, according to the criminal complaint.
Prosecutors said "a black woman wearing a bubble jacket" who was identified as Taylor was with "a young boy and said boy steals a purse from an unattended stroller" at the 1988 Broadway Gap location, the complaint reads.
Taylor allegedly used the card her son swiped to make a purchases at a Game Stop and a deli.
She was also allegedly caught on surveillance camera also on Jan. 15 at the Always Love drugstore on 72nd Street using hand signals to coach her son to steal items from the store, the Post reported.
Taylor's lawyer Joshua Leitner said his client also has a 13-year-old daughter with special needs.
A man identified by Leitner as Taylor's husband declined to comment on the charges.
Taylor's bail was set at $7,500 bond or $5,000 cash. She's due back in court Mar. 25.
