Overview
- Surveillance video from Thursday around 6:25 p.m. shows a child approaching a mail truck in Ramapo before the carrier lunges and pushes him to the ground.
- Ramapo police arrested a 39-year-old USPS employee from Stony Point and charged him with attempted assault in the third degree and endangering the welfare of a child.
- The suspect was released without bail on his own recognizance and is required to appear in court at a later date.
- The boy, described as a 4-year-old Hasidic child, got up and retrieved his yarmulke after the shove, and police say the motive is unclear.
- Officials including Town Supervisor Michael Specht, Assemblyman Aron Wieder, and State Sen. Bill Weber condemned the incident, and USPS has not provided comment.