Woman Assaults 9-Year-Old Boy Walking In Forest Hills: NYPD

FOREST HILLS, QUEENS — Police are looking for the woman who grabbed a 9-year-old boy while he was walking with his parents in Forest Hills.

The family was by the corner of 112th Street and 71st Avenue about 8:25 p.m. on May 20 when the woman, who was walking behind them, grabbed the boy's head, according to police.

The boy's father confronted the woman, who went into the Forest Hills-71st Avenue subway station, police said.

The parents brought the boy to an urgent care center to treat a deep scratch on his right cheek.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips.
All calls are strictly confidential.