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The teenage suspect charged in the violent robbery on a 44-year-old mother who was left paralyzed after being body slammed to the ground during a robbery, has made phone calls from jail where he lashed out in anger over the success of the victim's GoFundMe page.
Joseph Harrell was allegedly caught on camera as he body-slammed Nhung Truong onto the concrete as tried to steal a wad of cash from her, leaving her with serious bodily injuries from which she may never recover.
Truong had just taken $4,300 from a cash machine to help pay for what was going to be an upcoming trip back to her native Vietnam.
It's now alleged how Harrell has since made a series of phonecalls from jail where he angrily decried how Truong had managed to raise close to $320,000 to help with the extensive medical costs of her recovery and rehabilitation.
'The lady probably wants justice and some more ****. They'll try to max me out 20 years basically. That *****. I ain't going for it. The ***** already ran up $230,000 off GoFundMe. ***** better run on with her life,' he railed.
The teenage suspect charged in the violent robbery on a 44-year-old mother who was left paralyzed as a result of her injures has made phone calls from jail where he lashed out in anger over the success of the victim's GoFundMe page
Joseph Harrell, 17, and Zy'Nika Ayesha Woods, 19, were charged after Nhung Truong, 44, was attacked after taking $4,300 from an ATM
Family members are seen gathered around Nhung Truong, 44, who was body-slammed to the ground causing a spinal injury that left her paralyzed
'Like, ***** you done run up $230,000. Look. They say she ran up $230,000 and she'll be back walking in no less than a year,' he is alleged to have said, according audio of the phonecall heard by ABC13.
'We were snatching purses. I hopped out, snatched the purse, the lady ran with the money, I grabbed her, slammed her and she was paralyzed.'
Harrell's bond had initially been set at $200,000 but it was lowered to $100,000 for the robbery charge.
He was also charged in a separate robbery case just over a week later. The bond for that case was also lowered from $40,000 to $30,000.
'My concern is for the public,' said Douglas Griffith, President of Houston Police Officers Union.
'If this kid gets out of jail, he is going to victimize more individuals. He does not
