Would-be kidnapper grabs boy, 6, off Coney Island street as screaming child’s parents chase him down

[Sugar Cookie]

A would-be kidnapper briefly scooped up a 6-year-old boy from a busy Coney Island sidewalk Sunday night — only to let him loose once the screaming child’s parents were hot on his tail, according to cops and wild video.

The 36-year-old — seen wearing all black, including a bizarrely tall black hat — grabbed the boy just before 10 p.m. near the corner of Stillwell and Surf avenues, police said.

The sicko pounced on the child as he started trailing behind his parents, according to witness Nora Smiles, known as “The Sneaker Lady,” whose shop is right next to the scene.

Police assigned to a nearby post chased the creep down and arrested him, sources said. Charges were pending as of Monday morning.

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Would-be kidnapper grabs boy, 6, off Coney Island street as screaming child’s parents chase him down, wild video shows

The 36-year-old creep – seen wearing all black, including a bizarrely tall black hat – grabbed the boy just before 10 p.m. near the corner of Stillwell and Surf avenues, police said.

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[BuffettGirl]

Kid got lucky! No telling what Mr. Stovepipe Hat had in store for him...

 

[cubby]

The boy looks like he's levitating, I'm sure he was wiggling and making it hard for the guy to hold on to him and run. So glad he didn't disappear around a corner at 10 at night.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A nut may have allegedly tried to kidnap a 6-year-old boy on Coney Island over the weekend — but at least he didn’t drop him on his head as claimed, the suspect’s lawyer argued to a judge Tuesday.

Jonathan Robalino, 36 — who is charged with snatching little Rah Shem “Rah Rah” Gantt while he strolled with his parents in the Brooklyn neighborhood Sunday night — belongs in the psych ward, not behind bars, added his lawyer, Sarah Burleson, to Judge Jevet Johnson at her client’s arraignment.

“While I do not undercut the severity of the allegations, I will say that there is video already available in the press that does not reflect the incident” as asserted, Burleson said.

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Maniac caught on video snatching kid off NYC street didn’t drop him on his head, lawyer says in baffling defense

The child’s father had said Robalino tossed the boy to the ground when confronted and that “it sounded like [the child] hit his head on the concrete.”

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[Symmachus]

"I'm great at babysitting! I'd love to babysit your children. Can I babysit your children without you present? No! Well, here, let me try right now. I love babyeat- babysitting. I promise I won't eat them."