Prometheus 6

Currently, Mutterperl faces only charges of child endangerment, burglary and unlawful imprisonment in the May 13 attack on Xochil Garcia....

"There's no witness that this guy grabbed the girl, except what the girl said," [his lawyer] told The Post. "The girl was not injured. Now this big guy was grabbing her. I can see that she doesn't have a scratch on her, if this guy is really after her."

...the suspect allegedly told cops that "when he sees young girls, he has to go after them."

ALL EYES ARE ON 'KID-GRAB PERV'
By PATRICK GALLAHUE and ALEX GINSBERG

May 19, 2007 -- The Brooklyn families on edge after hearing that a judge allowed bail for a hulking suspect who allegedly tried to abduct an 11-year-old girl can breathe a little easier now - at least we know what he looks like.

The alleged pervert, 19-year-old Bernard Mutterperl, was at Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday for a routine appearance.

In the neighborhood where the girl eluded the predator, one mother, Pamella Thorne, said: "I want to see a picture of what he looks like." She spoke on Ocean Avenue just a few blocks from the girl's Borough Park building, the scene of the Mother's Day attack.

"He could be coming and going from our building. If you know what he looks like, you're not going to let him in the building. There are a lot of children in the area and schools nearby."

Of her own daughters, the 34-year-old Thorne added, "They're not coming outside."

Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes defended his office's controversial handling of the bail argument at Mutterperl's arraignment last Monday evening.