‘That’s my baby!’ Homeless woman screams as she tries to snatch boy in NYC
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A deranged homeless woman growled, “That’s my baby!” as she tried to snatch a 3-year-old boy from his stroller in front of his grandmother in Gramercy Park on Tuesday, cops said.
The disturbing incident occurred in front of 253 First Ave. in Manhattan around 9:30 a.m. when suspect Victoria Parkes, 39, walked up to the baby and his grandma and made the claim, bizarrely adding, “They just changed his face,” according to cops.
![A homeless woman tried to snatch 3-year-old.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/attempted-baby-snatching-5.jpg?w=1024)
Parkes hit the grandmother in the face during the struggle and tried to snatch the child, police and witnesses said.
![Cops arrest homeless woman for assault.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/attempted-baby-snatching-2.jpg?w=1024)
“She was trying to say it was her baby,” said the grandmother, who gave her name as Barbara, to The Post.
A witness who works at Empanada Mama nearby said he saw the homeless woman when he arrived to start his shift around 7 a.m.
He said he saw the two women later fighting and intervened.
![Baby's grandma talks to NYPD officers.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/attempted-baby-snatching-7.jpg?w=1024)
“When I go out, they were fighting over the baby,” said the man, who only gave his first name, Oscar, to The Post. “The [homeless] lady who was here was trying to grab the baby [out of a carriage].”
He said the grandmother was trying to protect the child.
![Police arrest woman.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/attempted-baby-snatching-4.jpg?w=744)
“They both were yelling and fighting over the baby,” he said. “I tried to help the lady, and then suddenly, a lot of women were around.”
![Woman talks to cops.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/attempted-baby-snatching-3-1.jpg?w=1024)
Police were called, and Parkes, who is homeless, was charged with assault, cops said. She was given a desk appearance ticket for a later court date, cops said.
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