{"id":79175,"date":"2026-04-18T04:14:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T04:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/long-island-man-arrested-after-trying-to-lure-boy-with-100\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T04:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T04:14:22","slug":"long-island-man-arrested-after-trying-to-lure-boy-with-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/long-island-man-arrested-after-trying-to-lure-boy-with-100\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Island Man Arrested After Trying to Lure Boy With $100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Another man has been arrested on Long Island for attempted kidnapping after allegedly trying to lure a child into a house in Uniondale.<\/p>\n<p>The Nassau County Police Department said <strong>Nelson Acevedo<\/strong> was arrested on Wednesday, April 15, just after 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to detectives, officers received the report of an attempted kidnapping\u201d on Tuesday, April 14, at around 4 p.m., and \u201cwere informed that an 11-year-old victim was walking on the sidewalk near the intersection of Chester Street and Front Street when he was approached by an unknown male subject who offered him money in an attempt to lure him into a nearby home,\u201d reads a statement from cops.<\/p>\n<p>Local reports indicate Acevedo, 51, was saying to the victim \u201cMommy, mommy\u201d and started blowing kisses at the boy.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, Acevedo allegedly flashed a $100 bill at the child and said, \u201cI will give you $100 if you come inside the house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victim refused and attempted to walk away,\u201d reads the police statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Suffolk-County-District-Attorney-Ray-Tierney.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Suffolk-County-District-Attorney-Ray-Tierney.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Long Island Man Kidnapped 11-Year-Old Girl Found Undressed in His Bed<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tA kidnapped 11-year-old girl was allegedly found in the bed of a Long Island, New York, man police claim she met online, according to prosecutors. Prosecutors in Suffolk County claim that Nicholas Wieber, 28, entered not guilty pleas to two counts of kidnapping and one count of child endangerment during his arraignment on Friday, January [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>That is when police claim Acevedo \u201cforcibly grabbed the victim\u2019s wrist, trying to prevent him from escaping and causing the victim to fear for his safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The boy yanked his arm away from Acevedo and started walking away fast.<\/p>\n<p>The boy was not injured in the incident, which happened not far from the boy\u2019s school.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to attempted kidnapping, Acevedo was charged with unlawful imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was walking in front of the blue house when I was walking by a young boy,\u201d Acevedo allegedly told police. \u201cI said \u2018Hello\u2019 to the young boy, then he said bye to me and kept on walking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder applauded the boy for doing exactly what he should have.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-84611044-mom-accused-of-kidnapping-her-childs-alleged-bully-in-utah.jpg?w=400&amp;h=225&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"GettyImages-84611044-mom-accused-of-kidnapping-her-childs-alleged-bully-in-utah\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-84611044-mom-accused-of-kidnapping-her-childs-alleged-bully-in-utah.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Mom Accused of Kidnapping Her Child&#8217;s Alleged 11-Year-Old Bully in Utah<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tA Utah woman is facing felony charges in connection with the alleged kidnapping of an 11-year-old child, who she accused of bullying her son, according to news reports. Charges of child kidnapping and aggravated child abuse were filed against Provo resident Shannon Marie Tufuga on Monday, March 23, and stem from an alleged incident in [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey should all take an example, don\u2019t stop, don\u2019t communicate, walk in pairs, stay together, as soon as someone tries to confront you, take off, run to the nearest person you see that is an adult and hopefully that will work out well,\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Acevedo is now the subject of a stay away order of protection granted to the victim. He remains in custody on $625,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p>Late last month, police in neighboring Suffolk County arrested <strong>Carlos Corte-Corte<\/strong>, claiming he led a 4-year-old girl straight out the back exit of The Laundry Kingdom of Patchogue before leaving the area with the child.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged kidnapping attempt occurred just after noon on March 28, according to a statement from police. The distracted mom was in the laundromat with another of her children when she realized that the girl was missing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another man has been arrested on Long Island for attempted kidnapping after allegedly trying to lure a child into a house in Uniondale. The Nassau County Police Department said Nelson Acevedo was arrested on Wednesday, April 15, just after 1 p.m. \u201cAccording to detectives, officers received the report of an attempted kidnapping\u201d on Tuesday, April [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_daextam_enable_autolinks":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Nelson-Acevedo-MUGSHOT.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}