USPS mailman who violently shoved Jewish boy in Monsey to face new charge, police said

 

The Rockland County postal worker arrested for violently shoving a 4-year-old Jewish boy was expected to face new charges, police said — as outrage grows over the decision to shield the suspect’s name from the public.

The unidentified mail carrier, 39, was to be slapped with an additional charge of attempted assault in the second degree Saturday, according to the Ramapo Police Department.

The expected new charge comes one day after the United States Postal worker was hit with misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child and attempted assault in the third degree for the heartless, caught on video attack.

Home surveillance footage showed the young Orthodox Jewish boy approaching a community mailbox which was being filled by the postal worker, who had his back turned.

When the boy got close to the mailbox, the carrier jumped around and launched at him — delivering a two-handed push that sent the boy falling to the ground and knocked off his yarmulke, video first reported by The Monsey Scoop showed.

The boy jumped up, collected his religious garment, and hurried back to a group of friends nearby.

The 4-year-old was not physically hurt and police have not yet deemed the incident a hate crime.

The mail carrier, a resident of Stony Point, was arrested Thursday and released on his own recognizance and processed in Ramapo Town Justice Court.

The Ramapo Police Department said it “very rarely” identify suspects in news releases, and declined to provide the name of the postal worker.

New Yorkers took to social media to express their outrage that the authorities have not announced the identity of the mail carrier who is due back in court at an unspecified date.

“Why are you hiding his name,” Facebook user JP Gale said in a Facebook comment Friday. “You’re going out of your way to protect the identity of a man who assaulted a child, and I think we can all guess why.”

“We need this man’s name. He is a danger,” Frienda Bill demanded in another comment on the platform.

“Where is this person’s name and the news conference? He assaulted a child,” Melissa Alpegiani Fogarty asked in a Facebook comment.

The United States Post Office declined comment Saturday when asked if the mail carrier was still on the job and would not comment on the video of the shove.

The Ramapo Town Justice Court did not respond to request for comment.