Suspect of trying to kidnap a Hispanic child attacks a Police officer after being arrested in NYC – Telemundo New York (47)

What you should know

• New York City Police said a duo allegedly tried to kidnap a 5-year-old boy in Queens on Thursday, an attempt that was stopped by the boy’s mother.
• According to Police, the attempted kidnapping took place around 8:00 pm on Hillside Avenue when an individual allegedly caught the 5-year-old boy when he was running in front of his mother on the sidewalk.
• Authorities noted that when the first person allegedly sat in the driver’s seat, the boy’s 45-year-old mother, Dolores Díaz, pulled her son out of the car through the front passenger window.

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NEW YORK – The man who was arrested on Friday, in relation to the shocking kidnapping attempt captured by a surveillance camera, allegedly struck an officer in the face after his capture, according to a senior New York City Police official.

James McGonagle, 24, of Queens, was arrested Friday night and charged with attempted kidnapping. There was no further information on the second suspect in this act. The man was taken to Brookdale Hospital with multiple cuts to his face, authorities said.

The next morning, while he was still in the hospital, officers fingerprinted McGonagle when he allegedly punched a uniformed man in the face, the senior official said. In addition to the attempted kidnapping charges, McGonagle will face one charge for assaulting an officer.

Police said McGonagle is one of two suspects authorities say tried to kidnap a 5-year-old boy in Queens on Thursday, an attempt that was stopped by the boy’s mother.

According to the police, the attempted kidnapping took place around 8:00 pm in Hillside Avenue when a person allegedly picked up the 5-year-old boy, who was running ahead of his mother on the sidewalk, and placed him in the back seat of his vehicle, while the second suspect sat in the front passenger seat.

However, the alleged kidnapping attempt was unsuccessful. Police claimed that when the first person sat in the driver’s seat, the boy’s mother, Dolores Díaz, 45, pulled her son out of the car through the front passenger window before the two people fled in your vehicle.

A surveillance video released by the Police shows the moment suffered by the child’s mother and others who were walking very close when the suspect jumps out of a vehicle and grabs the child, forcing him to get into the car, while the child’s mother and others try save him until they manage to rescue him before the car runs away.

Our sister chain NBC 4 New York spoke with the mother of the 5-year-old boy who was about to be kidnapped. She said she was meeting her husband at work with their three children when the man walked up to her young son, grabbed him and put him in his car. The mother said it was at this point that she started screaming and her son got into the back seat of the car and she threw him out the window, she said.

The owner of a nearby store told News 4 that one of the men involved had been there minutes before buying a beer.

The victim was not injured during the incident, according to police.

Anyone with information about this incident can confidentially call authorities at 1-888-57-PISTA.

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