Michelle Kim

Stranger Tries to Kidnap Boy in Stroller on Long Island Street: Police

Police on Long Island are investigating after a 24-year-old woman walking with her son in a stroller says a stranger accosted her on the sidewalk and tried to take the boy. 

The mother was walking with her son in a stroller on Fulton Avenue in West Hempstead Tuesday evening when a man suddenly jumped in front of them and grabbed the one-year-old, police said. 

The woman struggled with the 30-something-year-old man, and he threw the toddler to the ground, causing scrapes and bruises to his face, police said. 

The suspect, described as a thin man wearing a black Nike baseball cap with white lettering and a brown winter jacket, ran off. The mother told police she does not know the man. 

Police are asking anyone with information to contact them at 800-244-TIPS. 

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