Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Police looking for man who tried to abduct 4 year old on Sixth Street



Per ABC 7:

Police in the East Village are looking for a man who they say attempted to abduct a 4-year-old boy.

The little boy was walking with his nanny west bound on 6th Street between Avenues A and B around 11 a.m., when the suspect picked up the boy and tried to walk away with him.

The nanny started to scream and grabbed the child away from the suspect.

The suspect is described as a black man, 45 to 55 years old, with a slim build, about 5'6" to 5'8" tall, and was wearing a brown hooded sweatshirt with writing on the front and faded black jeans.

Anyone with information in regards to this attempted abduction is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.

You can also submit your tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website or texting your tips to 274637(CRIMES) and then entering TIP577.

3 comments:

Rmom said...

Thanks for this post...now my kid will not let my hand go!

Anonymous said...

Hey, I saw 4 police in T. Square park at 930am this morning speaking to THIS guy! Had a black puffy down coat on. I think they got their man!

glamma said...

scary sh*t.