New York Daily News

Fiend nabbed in girl-grab try

- John Annese

FACIAL-recognitio­n software helped police track down a would-be kidnapper who tried to snatch a girl off a Queens street, authoritie­s said.

Police on Sunday arrested Vladimir Suero, 38, of Brooklyn, accusing him of trying to grab a 12-year-old girl from her mother in a Key Food parking lot on Jamaica Ave, near Hempstead Ave. in Queens Village on Thursday.

“You’re coming with me!” Suero, who has a cross tattooed on his forehead, barked in Spanish as he tried to pull the girl from her mother, police said.

The mom held on, and Suero ran off, police said.

A day later, Suero got a desk appearance in an unrelated petty larceny case, and that bust helped investigat­ors find him after a sketch and photo of him were released over the weekend. Cops charged Suero with kidnapping, child endangerme­nt and harassment.

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