Suspect in violent robbery of Vietnamese woman in Houston lashes out at victim's GoFundMe

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Joseph Harrell, one of the two Houston teens charged with aggravated robbery with serious bodily injury after police said he was caught on camera body slamming 44-year-old mother Nhung Truon in an attack that left her paralyzed, has made jailhouse phone calls where he has complained about the victim's GoFundMe page.

Local ABC News reports a source close to the investigation confirmed Harrell was on the call where he said, "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. 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."

In the call he appears to laugh when speaking about the victim.

In the same call he said, "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."

On March 17, Harrell and 19-year-old Zy'Nika Ayesha Woods were arrested and charged for the incident that took place in Houston's Chinatown on February 13. The attack came after Truong, a Vietnamese immigrant, had withdrawn money from an ATM. The suspects allegedly followed Truong roughly 24 miles as she ran a variety of errands after her withdrawal.

Surveillance video shows the suspect bumping into the victim and leaving after grabbing items from her purse. The video shows him returning to grab Truong's money, which was approximately $4,300. The suspect then body slammed the mother of three. She was treated for fractured ribs and a fractured spine, an injury that left her paralyzed.

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