{"id":80515,"date":"2025-12-24T22:17:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T22:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/80515\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T22:17:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T22:17:22","slug":"nypd-seeks-man-in-connection-to-assault-of-boy-10-who-threw-snowball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/80515\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD seeks man in connection to assault of boy, 10, who threw snowball"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NYPD is seeking the public\u2019s assistance in identifying a man sought for questioning in connection to the alleged assault of a 10-year-old boy.<\/p>\n

The attack allegedly took place in front of 510 Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn around 4:10 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 17, according to police.<\/p>\n

At that time, an unidentified man allegedly engaged in a verbal dispute with the boy, according to a report. The confrontation ensued after the victim allegedly threw snowballs at the man\u2019s vehicle, sources reportedly told the New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"NYPD:The NYPD is looking to learn the identify of a man sought for questioning in connection to the alleged assault of a 10-year-old boy in Brooklyn on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025.(Courtesy of the NYPD)<\/p>\n

As alleged by the Deputy Commissioner of Public Information\u2019s Office, the man grabbed the boy and slammed his head into the rear windshield of a parked vehicle.<\/p>\n

The man then allegedly fled the scene in a silver minivan and traveled westbound on Ditmas Avenue toward Cortelyou Road.<\/p>\n

The boy sustained pain to the right side of his head and left hand and was transported by EMS to Maimonides Medical Center in stable condition, according to police.<\/p>\n

Media of the man sought for questioning was provided by the NYPD.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s 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 Crimestoppers website at https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/<\/a>, or on X @NYPDTips.<\/p>\n

All calls are strictly confidential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NYPD is seeking the public\u2019s assistance in identifying a man sought for questioning in connection to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-80515","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}