A neighbor of the man arrested for the kidnapping of nine-year-old Charlotte Sena claimed he tried to kidnap her grandson from her front yard in July.
Carol Brown, 61, told The Post that police showed her a photo of Craig Ross Jr., 46, who was arrested Monday for allegedly kidnapping Sena, and she recognized him immediately.
“I told the police that a man had tried to kidnap my grandson in July. That’s when they showed me the photographs,” Brown told The Post. “I recognized him immediately, 100%. “I immediately said it’s him.”
Brown claimed that she and her grandson Braiden were working in the garden in July when Ross appeared stalking the 10-year-old girl as she went outside to turn on the hose.
“I heard the dog start to freak out, really freak out, so I ran back to see what was going on and there was a very scary looking man standing next to my grandson who was crouched over the weed eater,” she said. “I was standing over him, inches away.”
Carol Brown, 61, lives across the street from Craig Ross Jr., 46 (pictured), who was arrested Monday for allegedly kidnapping nine-year-old Sena while she was riding her bike in Moreau Lake State Park on Saturday night. Saratoga County Jail Brown said she and her grandson Braiden were working in the yard in July when Ross appeared stalking the 10-year-old girl as she went outside to turn on the hose. CBS 2
The grandmother said Ross had been wearing “Native American” style earrings with “feathers and hoops” that looked like dream catchers, but she said other than that he looked like his mugshot. The alleged kidnapper appeared disheveled in his jail photo, with his hair disheveled and disheveled.
After Brown ran toward his grandson, Ross allegedly began to “back away” and told him he was just asking Braiden to help him “carry the line on my new weed eater.”
When Brown suggested she would ask her husband for help, the alleged kidnapper “ran” to a bicycle he had left on the road and said, “Oh, no, no, no. I’m fine.”
“When the police showed me her photo, I would have fallen if I wasn’t already sitting,” the grandmother told the Post. “My grandson was scared when he saw that when I showed him the photo of the man we saw in July.
“For the next few weeks, I felt scared, we both were. We have lived here for 30 years. I had never seen anything like it. 100%! In retrospect, I think I wouldn’t have done it if I hadn’t run through the house when I heard the dog freak out because my grandson would be gone.”
Nine-year-old Charlotte Sena was found Monday inside a closet inside Ross’s trailer in Ballston Spa. New York State Police After Brown ran toward his grandson, Ross allegedly began to “back away” and told her that he was just asking Braiden to help him “carry the line on my new weed eater.” (Daniel William McKnight)
Brown, whose husband recently retired from his job as a detective, said they suspected “something” was going on in their house, but they didn’t “know the people.”
The grandmother said she “prayed for 48 hours” after the alert for Sena went out. She knew something was up when police arrived at Ross’s property.
Ross was arrested Monday after his fingerprints linked him to a ransom note left in the Sena family’s mailbox.
Brown, whose husband recently retired from his job as a detective, said they knew things were going on at that house, but they didn’t “know the people.” Brown claimed that two drug overdoses occurred at the home three or four years ago and that a 14-year-old girl had been “sexually assaulted in that home” in 2020. Composite of the NY Post
The nine-year-old girl was found in a closet inside the trailer she lived in in her mother’s backyard. She was not injured but she was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
The suspect, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, was charged with one count of kidnapping and is expected to face more charges.
He is due back in court later this week.
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