Police Release Photos of Woman Wanted in Attempted Child Abduction at Long Island Kohl's

VALLEY STREAM, NY - Nassau Police have released surveillance images of a woman wanted in an attempted child abduction at a Long Island Kohl’s store.

Police are also hoping someone recognizes a black taxi that picked up the woman and a man following the incident, which occurred around 10:45 a.m. at the Kohl’s located at the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream.

According to police, a mother took her 18-month-old son into a first floor restroom to tend to the child. As she was doing so, a woman entered the bathroom and said, “That is a beautiful baby.”

“The feeling that I got in my chest and my stomach told me that something was wrong, that I was in danger or he was in danger,” the mother recalled to ABC 7.

The woman then continued to walk around the restroom before approaching the mother and saying, “Give me the baby.” The woman grabbed the child’s arm and repeated the phrase.

The mother pushed the woman’s arm away, exited the bathroom and notified Kohl’s security, police said.

The woman was last seen leaving Kohl’s in a black taxi with a man. The woman was apparently directed to follow the mother into the bathroom by the man, who was wearing a suit, according to an ABC 7 report, which referred to surveillance footage.

The woman is described as Hispanic, 5-foot-5, with long blond hair. She was wearing a blue jacket, yellow shirt and a multi-colored skirt, police said.

The investigation is ongoing and police are asking anyone with information to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS.