By Alex Greig Police are searching for a woman who allegedly tried to abduct a baby in a stroller from his nanny in Manhattan Thursday afternoon. The NYPD has identified the woman as Tara Anne McDonald, 46, who has several prior arrests for similar crimes. Police say the nanny was pushing the eight-month-old baby boy in a stroller down Eighth Avenue near 17th Street in the Chelsea neighborhood when she was approached by McDonald. Suspect: Police released this mugshot of Tara Anne McDonald, 46, who is suspected of attempting to kidnap an eight-month-old baby boy from his nanny McDonald reportedly began mumbling at the nanny and then tried to pull the stroller away from her. McDOnald acted as though the baby was hers, witnesses said, screaming and yelling at the nanny to give her the baby.
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Police are circulating a mugshot of a woman suspected in an attempted kidnapping
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Tara Anne McDonald, 46, is accused of trying to snatch an eight-month-old baby boy from his nanny in Manhattan
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A witness intervened and McDonald was last seen fleeing down Eighth Avenue in Chelsea
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McDonald has 12 prior arrests, including five for attempted kidnapping and two for actual kidnapping
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She served more than a year in jail in 1998
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Authorities say the woman may be homeless
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