Man charged with kidnap attempt after allegedly offering mom $150 for her daughter, grabbing girl’s hair

A man has been charged with battery and attempted kidnapping after allegedly offering a woman $150 for her 5-year-old daughter, then grabbing the girl by her hair before running off in an incident captured on video on the Northwest Side last week.

Gerardo Posadas, 25, was arrested after police released the video. He was charged with aggravated battery and attempted aggravated kidnapping.

The video shows Posadas walking next to the woman and the girl around noon last Thursday in the 5100 block of West Fullerton Avenue, according to police.

The woman and child stop to let him pass, but Posadas walks back to them and offers the woman money for her child, police said. When the mother refuses, Posadas grabs the girl by the hair and pulls her toward him, police said.

Posadas let go and ran away, police said, but he was identified from the video, and the mother later picked him out in a photo array.

Posadas was ordered to undergo a mental evaluation during a court hearing.