Masked maniac caught on video trying to adbuct Hasidic Jewish boy, 6, from dads arms has dozens of arrests: cops

The masked stranger caught on video trying to rip a 6-year-old Hasidic boy out of his dad’s arms in Brooklyn over the weekend was busted for the broad-daylight terror, cops said. Stephan Stowe, 28, a gangbanger with 33 prior arrests, was picked up early Sunday and charged with attempted kidnapping — several hours after he tried to yank the young boy away from his dad in Crown Heights, authorities and sources said. The boy’s father was holding hands with his two sons and walking on Kingston Avenue near Empire Boulevard when the menace approached the family and snatched the boy around 3:30 p.m.Saturday, surveillance footage shows. The lanky alleged kidnapper scooped the child into the air before the boy’s dad swiftly pulled him out of the maniac’s arms.The quick-acting dad then punched the would-be abductor in the stomach.A representative for Shomrim, a volunteer neighborhood patrol serving NYC’s Jewish community, said no words were exchanged between the attacker and his victims during the incident.It is unclear why the man targeted the child.An arraignment for Stowe — who was also charged with acting in a manner injurious to a child and harassment — was pending Monday. He is a member of the G-Stone Crips gang, sources said.

Stowe’s lengthy rap sheet includes two open arrests in Brooklyn — including one from this past August for burglary, misdemeanor assault, criminal obstruction of breathing, criminal trespass and harassment, records show. The other bust, from April 2023, was for weapon and drug possession.He was also nabbed for criminal possession of a weapon in 2019, sources said.Twenty-five of his prior arrests are sealed, sources said....