Burglar Brutally Beats New Jersey Mother While Her 3-Year Old Daughter Watches *UPDATE* Suspect Shawn Custis Captured, Charged With Attempted Murder [Video/Pics]

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Police are looking for a man who broke into the home of a Milburn, New Jersey woman and brutally beat her while her 3-year old daughter watched.

The woman was watching cartoons with her daughter on June 21 when the man kicked through a dead bolted door and attacked her. A nanny cam captured what happened next as the thug punched, kicked and then threw the woman down a flight of stairs while her daughter sat frozen on the couch.

"I knew that if I started screaming, my daughter would, too, and I was afraid she would get hurt," the  mother told News 12. "I took it. I didn't cry the entire time. They need to help us get him off the street. He's not just a burglar, he's violent."

The unidentified woman suffered a concussion, as well as leg and face injuries. Her 3-year old daughter and 1-year old son, who was asleep upstairs were not harmed. The burglar escaped with some jewelry.

The woman and her husband asked that the video be released to the public.

“They wanted to show how violent this person is because they want him caught as much as we do,” Capt. Michael Palardy told the Daily News. “And we’re not going to sleep until this guy is caught.”

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**UPDATE** June 30th

Police have tracked down and captured the suspect in the beating of a New Jersey housewife.

42-year old Shawn Custis was taken into custody Friday in upper Manhattan by New York and New Jersey FBI agents, according to NBC New York.

Shawn Custis being taken into Essex County courthouse in Newark, New Jersey.

Custis, who has a long criminal history for burglaries, said nothing to reporters as he was led into Essex County courthouse.

Prosecutors have charged him with attempted murder, robbery, burglary and child endangerment in connection with the home invasion.

County chief of detectives Anthony Ambrose said Custis was being transported to an undisclosed location in New Jersey.