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Felony Charge Filed After Video Shows USPS Worker Shove 4-Year-Old in Monsey

Ramapo police identified the suspect as 39-year-old Gabriel Stan, with investigators not alleging a hate crime at this time.

Overview

  • Security footage shared online shows a postal carrier turning and forcefully pushing a young Hasidic boy to the ground outside a mail truck in Ramapo on Thursday evening.
  • Police initially charged the worker with endangering the welfare of a child and attempted assault in the third degree, both misdemeanors.
  • An additional count of attempted assault in the second degree, a felony based on the ages of the suspect and child, was later filed, police said.
  • Stan was released on his own recognizance and is scheduled to appear in Ramapo Justice Court at a later date.
  • The video has no audio, the motive remains unclear, no hate-crime charge has been announced, and the USPS has not provided comment.