Woman Charged for Slamming 10-Year-Old’s Head into Cookie Display at Somerset Mall

A 10-year-old girl was randomly attacked by a woman as she waited at the Mrs. Fields cookie shop at Somerset Mall in Troy last week, according to police.

On Friday, the girl was with a group of friends and her guardian when all of a sudden she “got pushed face-first into the display (where) the food is,” said Troy Police Captain Josh Jones.

Police said the attack appeared to be “unprovoked and for no apparent reason.” The victim was startled but not severely injured.

The attacker is allegedly 25-year-old Reanna Valentine of Detroit.

“That person kind of started laughing like it was a big joke, and then made their way through the mall,” Jones said.

MICHIGAN HATE CRIME—A 25 year old black woman named Reanna Valentine slammed a 40 pound 10-year-old white child’s head into a glass display at a mall and ran away laughing with her friends.

‘She took her hand to the back of my neck and slammed it into the glass,’ Sophia Simpson… pic.twitter.com/BRjXYU24vr

— Amiri King (@AmiriKing) January 20, 2024

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