Brazen would-be kidnapper grabs boy, 6, off Coney Island road

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A brazen would-be kidnapper briefly scooped up a 6-year-old boy from a busy Coney Island sidewalk Sunday night time — solely to let him free as soon as the screaming little one’s dad and mom have been sizzling on his tail, in line with cops and wild video. 

The 36-year-old creep — seen sporting all black, together with a bizarrely tall black hat — grabbed the boy simply earlier than 10 p.m. close to the nook of Stillwell and Surf avenues, police mentioned.

The sicko pounced on the kid as he began trailing behind his dad and mom, in line with witness Nora Smiles, often called “The Sneaker Woman,” whose store is true subsequent to the scene. 

The 36-year-old sicko allegedly snatched the boy, who fell behind as he walked together with his dad and mom at Stillwell and Surf avenues. FNTV

“So a person got here and he was attempting to chop him off, then the little boy was attempting to spin off of him,” Smiles instructed Freedomnews TV.

“The person simply grabbed him up and began operating with the little boy,” she mentioned. 

The boy screamed and referred to as out for his mother because the fiend scooped him up in a single arm — prompting each dad and mom to right away spring into motion, video obtained by Freedomnews reveals

The boy screamed and referred to as out for his mother, prompting each dad and mom to intervene. FNTV

As soon as the menace noticed the 2 adults lunging towards him, he threw the boy to the bottom and high-stepped out of there, the clip reveals. 

However the suspect didn’t make it far, with each dad and mom chasing him into the road as a number of vehicles handed by way of the intersection, in line with the video. 

“The dad and mom simply chased after the man and so they caught him,” Smiles mentioned.

The decided dad and mom chased the fiend into the road, footage reveals. FNTV

Police assigned to a close-by submit chased the creep down and arrested him, sources mentioned. Fees have been pending as of Monday morning.

“It was simply stunning,” Smiles mentioned. “I’m a mom myself so I ran over — all of us ran over to see what occurred.”

Cops on a foot submit additionally stepped in and collared the would-be kidnapper. FNTV

The boy — whose household is from Queens — complained of minor ache and was taken to Coney Island Hospital, the place he was listed in steady situation. 

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