Crazed woman tries to kidnap boy, 4, from grandma on NYC street — but hero cop mom saves the day
A woman attempted to kidnap a four-year-old boy from his grandmother on Monday in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The incident occurred near Eastern Parkway and Utica Avenue around 5 p.m. An off-duty police officer intervened to stop the attempt.
The creep tried to grab the boy around 5 p.m. Monday as he stood with his grandma outside the fast food joint on Eastern Parkway near Utica Avenue in Crown Heights, according to authorities and law enforcement sources.
READ NEXT
More on the wire
FROM THE PUBLISHER
KEYPORT, N.J. (PIX11) — Nine soil samples. Four above an EPA screening level for dioxins. Four above the screening level for a cancer-linked chemical. Those are the preliminary results an independent testing team brought to a Keyport town hall Wednesday night, in a community where residents have mapped around 400 reported cancer cases near an [...]
FROM THE PUBLISHER
QUEENS, NY — While he will never admit it, Pete Alonso had to feel vindicated after the three-game pit stop in his old stomping grounds. The Baltimore Orioles slugger terrorized his former team, launching his second home run in as many games — career round-tripper No. 301 — in the first inning of Wednesday night’s 7-1...
FROM THE PUBLISHER
TARRYTOWN, NY (PIX11) -- Former U-S Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg took the stage at a Tarrytown rally Wednesday night for Cait Conley, the democratic candidate for Congress in New York's 17th Congressional District. Republican Mike Lawler currently has the seat and is running for reelection. At the event at the Tarrytown Music Hall, Buttigieg said, [...]