Suffolk County police arrested a man for kidnapping a child from a Patchogue laundromat.
While a woman was with her two children at a laundromat, located at 138 East Main Street, Carlos Corte, who was unknown to the woman, led her 4-year-old daughter out the back exit of the laundromat, at 12:08 p.m. on Saturday, March 28.
Her mother reported her missing, and patrol officers responded to the scene, where they reviewed surveillance video and began canvassing the area. During the search, the mother located her daughter in the children’s play area of the Patchogue-Medford Library, located at 54-60 East Main Street. A patrol officer then located Corte near the laundromat and took him into custody.
Following an investigation by Fifth Squad detectives, Corte, 38, of 26 Camille Avenue, Patchogue, was charged with kidnapping 2nd degree, endangering the welfare of a child, and for an outstanding warrant.
Corte will be held overnight at the Sixth Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on March 29.
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