Father Fends off Glass-Eyed Baby Snatcher on Upper East Side: Police

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A father was forced to fight off a man with a glass eye who tried to snatch his baby out of a stroller on the Upper East Side.

The incident occurred around 5 p.m. Sunday evening on the corner of East 72nd Street and 1st Avenue, police told Patch. The suspect approached the father and attempted to reach into the stroller to grab the baby, police said. The father struck the man in the head and fought him off, police said.

The baby was not injured during the scuffle, police told Patch.

The suspect fled down 1st Avenue police said. Police described the man as standing 6-foot-2 and weighing about 220 pounds. The suspect is believed to be in his 40s and has the notable characteristic of having a glass eye, police said. At the time of the attempted kidnapping the man was wearing a black hoodie and blue jeans, police told Patch.

No arrests have been made and police have not released a photo of the suspect, officials said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) and entering TIP577. All tips are confidential.

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