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Police: 10-Year-Old Boy Pulled From Parents In Attempted Kidnapping

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A man is under arrest after police say he tried to kidnap a 10-year-old boy in Queens.

Police said a couple was walking with their 10-year-old son Monday near Roosevelt Avenue and 59th Street in Long Island City.

Sang Lee, 76, allegedly grabbed the boy by the arm and tried to pull him into a building.

Police said the parents fought back, and Lee took off heading east on Roosevelt Avenue.

He was arrested Tuesday and charged with acting in a manner injurious to a child and unlawful imprisonment.

Police sources told CBS2 that Lee suffers from Alzheimer's disease.

The boy was not hurt.

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