Woman Spits on 3-Year-Old Girl in Random Manhattan Encounter

Police are searching for an unidentified woman accused of approaching a 3-year-old girl in the East Village before spitting at the child as her parents tried to pull her away.

MANHATTAN, NY — The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying a woman wanted for endangering the welfare of a child after an encounter involving a 3-year-old girl in Manhattan.

Police said the incident happened at approximately 10:55 a.m. Sept. 10 near East 4th Street between First and Second avenues in the 9th Precinct.

According to investigators, the unidentified woman approached the child and attempted to engage her.

Parents tried to move child away

Police said the girl’s parents attempted to pull their daughter away from the woman…

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