Man Arrested After Telling Babysitter She's 'Pushing a Dead Baby,' Trying to Take Baby: Police

WOODMERE, NY- A man who approached a babysitter walking with a baby, told her she was “pushing a dead baby” and tried to take the baby from her in Woodmere on Monday afternoon has been arrested, Nassau County Police said Tuesday afternoon.

Craig Myczkowski, 44, is charged with attempted unlawful imprisonment, endangering the welfare of a child, second degree burglary, third degree burglary and petty larceny, police said. Myczkowski’s last known address is 181 East 2nd Stree Manhattan, police said.

Myczkowski was transported to a local hospital for further evaluation and will be arraigned as soon as medically practical, police said.

According to police, while babysitting for a 20-month-old baby and walking her in front of a West Broadway home in a stroller around 12:15 p.m. Monday, the 65-year-old female sitter was approached by Myczkowski who told to her that she was “pushing a dead baby.”

The sitter became alarmed and walked back to the home while the man followed her, telling her that he needed to take the baby, police said.

After she entered the home with the baby and locked the doors, she saw the man enter an unlocked “mud room” and then attempted to open the kitchen door which she had previously locked, according to police.

After again yelling through the locked door, “Give me the dead baby,” the sitter saw him leaving, taking the stroller and walking eastbound on West Broadway, police said.

Upon police arrival, a preliminary investigation was conducted and the stroller was found on the side of The Pizza Place at 1344 Broadway in Hewlett.

The two surveillance videos below show Myczkowski, according to police.