A United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier is now facing additional legal trouble after a video surfaced showing him pushing a young Jewish boy. Authorities have since disclosed his identity.
Gabriel Stan, a 39-year-old resident of Stony Point, New York, has been charged with felony second-degree attempted assault. This charge comes in addition to two prior misdemeanor charges connected to the incident involving a four-year-old boy.
The Ramapo Police Department announced the new charge, emphasizing that it was due to the victim being under the age of seven.
The unsettling incident took place on Thursday evening in Monsey, located in Rockland County, approximately 30 miles from New York City. Surveillance cameras documented the moment when the child approached a stationary mail truck.
Without warning, the postal worker turned and shoved the young boy forcefully, causing him to fall backward onto the ground, as captured in the video.
The footage shows the child quickly getting back on his feet, retrieving his yarmulke, and then walking away from the scene.
Authorities say the suspect was quickly identified and arrested the following day.
Ramapo Police Department charged him with endangering the welfare of a child and attempted assault in the third degree, both misdemeanors.
USPS worker, Gabriel Stan, 39, of Stony Point, was issued a felony charge on Friday, adding onto his two initial charges for allegedly shoving a four-year-old boy
Last year, the town of Ramapo, Monsey, was named the safest place to live in America
He was later released and is expected to appear in court at a later date. The Daily Mail has reached out to Stan for comment.
Video of the incident, first reported by The Monsey Scoop, captured the moment the situation escalated without warning.
The child had been standing nearby as the postman was placing letters into a communal mailbox.
Witness accounts and footage suggest the worker began yelling at children in the area before turning his attention to the boy, when suddenly the encounter turned physical.
The footage then shows the mailman forcefully shoving the child to the ground.
Monsey is a community with a large Hasidic and Orthodox Jewish population. Last year, the town of Ramapo, of which Monsey is a part, was named the safest place to live in America.
Local officials reacted quickly as details of the incident emerged.
Ramapo Town Supervisor Michael Specht confirmed he had personally reviewed the footage.
Local politicians were outraged by the actions of the mailman that were caught on camera
‘I have viewed the video depicting an incident involving a physical attack on a small child,’ Specht wrote on X. ‘The content of this video is very disturbing. Ramapo Police have treated this matter with extreme seriousness and have now arrested the suspect.’
New York State Assemblyman Aron Wieder condemned the attack in stark terms.
‘The attack on a four-year-old in Monsey is appalling and deeply troubling, never acceptable under any circumstances,’ Wieder said, thanking local officials and police for their response.
State Senator Bill Weber echoed such anger, saying he had been inundated with concern from residents.
‘I’ve heard from constituents who are deeply alarmed by the assault of a young child in the @TownOfRamapo. I share their concern and outrage,’ Weber wrote.
‘The suspect has been arrested by @Ramapo_PD. He must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.’
Police say the suspect was taken into custody on Friday.
Authorities have not explained what caused the postal worker to target the child.
