{"id":336244,"date":"2026-05-28T18:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/336244\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T18:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:22:09","slug":"familys-worst-nightmare-kidnapping-attempt-in-long-beach-results-in-indictment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/336244\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Family\u2019s Worst Nightmare\u2019 Kidnapping Attempt In Long Beach Results In Indictment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heather Magone, a 40-year-old social worker, was arraigned on charges of second-degree attempted kidnapping, child endangerment, and reckless endangerment, the Nassau County District Attorney\u2019s office said, describing the case as \u201cevery family\u2019s worst nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to his quick-thinking and heroic intervention, the child\u2019s great-grandfather was able to prevent the unthinkable,\u201d District Attorney Anne Donnelly said.<\/p>\n<p>The 79-year-old great-grandfather was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyvoice.com\/ny\/long-beach\/heather-magone-arrested-for-kidnapping-attempt-in-ny-cops\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pushing the toddler in a stroller<\/a> while out for a walk down West Penn Street in Long Beach on April 6 when Magone came up behind them as she was walking her dog, investigators said.<\/p>\n<p>Magone, of Long Beach, tried to grab the stroller while scratching and biting the elderly man, police said. As the struggle continued between the two, the stroller toppled over with the toddler buckled inside, according to prosecutors. The man eventually gained the upper hand and held Magone until police showed up.<\/p>\n<p>But even after the cops arrived, Magone stood up and attempted to remove the toddler from the stroller, unzipping and ripping the child\u2019s sleep sack, authorities said. She was arrested at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Magone pleaded not guilty at her arraignment and was held on $10,000 cash bail, $50,000 bond, and $100,000 partially secured bond, prosecutors said. If she posts bail, she\u2019ll be required to wear an ankle monitor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"e-click-here-follow-btn\" data-testid=\"bottom-paragraph\">\n            <a class=\"e-email-signup\" js-follow-button=\"\" data-testid=\"article-click-here-to-subscribe\">Click here<\/a><br \/>\n            to follow Daily Voice<\/p>\n<p>              Long Beach<\/p>\n<p>            and receive free news updates.\n          <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heather Magone, a 40-year-old social worker, was arraigned on charges of second-degree attempted kidnapping, child endangerment, and reckless&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-336244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}