5-Year-Old Punched By Man While Riding G Train In Brooklyn: NYPD

COBBLE HILL, NY — Police said a man punched a 5-year-old in the face on the G train over the weekend then then asked the boy, "Are you going to cry to your mommy?"

The 5-year-old was riding the G train with his mom on Saturday when Ramon Thomas, 25, punched him in the face near the Bergen Street station at about 4:25 p.m., the NYPD said.

The man taunted the boy afterward, asking him if he was going to cry, then ran out of the train when it stopped at Bergen Street, police said. A fellow straphanger snapped a photo of the man, who police later identified as Thomas.

The boy had bruising and swelling to the left side of his face from the punch. He was taken to NYU Langone Health Cobble Hill where he was treated and released, according to the NYPD.

Police are looking for Thomas who they said is 6-feet tall, 180 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. He was last seen wearing an olive-colored long sleeve shirt, a black jacket, black sneakers and beige cargo pants.

Thomas was previously arrested in February after he was caught jumping the turnstile in a subway, police said.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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