UPDATED Sept. 4, 9:30 a.m.
Cops have arrested a Brooklyn man who tried to grab a young girl as she walked with her mother near a supermarket in Queens Village on Thursday night.
At 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 31, a 12-year-old girl was walking by the Key Food parking lot, located at 213-22 Jamaica Ave., with her mother. As they were walking, Vladimir Suero forcibly grabbed the girl’s arm and said, “You’re coming with me” in Spanish.
Suero then tried to pull the girl away from her mother, but was unsuccessful. He then fled the scene westbound on Jamaica Avenue.
Police arrested Suero and charged him with acting in a manner injurious to a child less than 17 years old and harassment.