Overview
- The shove occurred Thursday around 6:25 p.m. in the Viola section of Ramapo, with home surveillance video showing a mail carrier lunging and knocking a young Hasidic boy to the ground.
- Ramapo police arrested a 39-year-old USPS employee from Stony Point, initially charging him with child endangerment and attempted assault in the third degree.
- Authorities later filed an additional count of attempted assault in the second degree, a felony tied to the ages of the suspect and the child.
- The suspect was released on his own recognizance and is scheduled to return to Ramapo Justice Court as the investigation continues.
- Police have not identified a motive or announced hate-crime charges, and they have withheld the suspect’s name as some outlets publish an unconfirmed identification; the USPS has not commented.