Maniac caught on video snatching kid off NYC street didn’t drop him on his head, lawyer says in baffling defense

A nut may have allegedly tried to kidnap a 6-year-old boy on Coney Island over the weekend — but at least he didn’t drop him on his head as claimed, the suspect’s lawyer argued to a judge Tuesday.

Jonathan Robalino, 36 — who is charged with snatching little Rah Shem “Rah Rah” Gantt while he strolled with his parents in the Brooklyn neighborhood Sunday night — belongs in the psych ward, not behind bars, added his lawyer, Sarah Burleson, to Judge Jevet Johnson at her client’s arraignment.

“While I do not undercut the severity of the allegations, I will say that there is video already available in the press that does not reflect the incident” as asserted, Burleson said.

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