Four-year-old abandoned as couple rob jewelry store

Philadelphia police are hunting for a couple who grabbed over $100,000 worth of jewellery from a South Street store. They slashed a store clerk, then left behind a young child during their getaway.

Authorities say the man and woman with a four-year-old child were shopping for rings at "Platinum and Ice," on the 600 block of South Street, at around 3pm Saturday.

But police say when the clerk turned his back, the couple grabbed a jewellery tray and ran out of the store.

The store owner gave chase, but the suspect pulled a knife and slashed him across his face and neck.

South Detectives captain Laurence Nodiff said: "(They) robbed the store, then fled, dragging the child by the hand for 2� blocks, then lacerated the store owner's facial-neck area, and then abandoned the child on the 700 block of Rodman Street."

The boy is in the care of DHS. The store owner needed 12 stitches.