A South Florida woman was arrested after she pushed a 5-year-old child to the ground at a local park in Sunny Isles Beach last week, police said.
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The alleged incident happened June 8 at Town Center Park on Collins Avenue near 172nd Street.
Police identified the woman as 43-year-old Natalia Hordiienko. Surveillance footage and an eyewitness report caught her in the act, an arrest report said.
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The witness reported seeing the child’s grandmother and Hordiienko have a verbal confrontation after the push.
Police said Hordiienko confessed to the crime and is now facing child abuse charges.
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