Cops in Queens are now backtracking after they said they were working to find a man who tried to abduct a child from a daycare center on Monday — leaving staff members shaken, authorities said.
Police sources originally stated an unidentified man strolled into the Flushing school near Leavitt Street and Carlton Place at around 4:50 p.m. on July 15 and told workers that he was there to pick up a child. Law enforcement said the then unidentified man told employees that he had arrived to collect a 3-year-old child — providing the youngster’s name, and claiming that their father was running 20 minutes late.
Police sources said school personnel didn’t buy the story and, upon further inquiry, discovered the name the man provided was not on the child’s emergency contact list. With the plan failing, authorities noted, the would-be kidnapper told staff he would wait outside the daycare while staff got things in order — but he instead fled the scene.
Cops have not changed the story, stating that after doing further digging the man in question committed no wrong doing and did, in fact, have the right to pick up the child.
Police say the child remained safe at all times.
Detectives stationed at the 109th Precinct were investigating the incident but now will no longer be looking into the mater, authorities said.
