SHE GETS UPPER FOOT ON PERVERT (Staten Island teen’s swift kick in right spot foils kidnap try)

Daily News/Tamer El-Ghobashy and Alison Gendar

A 14 year old Staten Island girl proved she was tougher than anyone imagined after she foughtoff a pervert by kicking him in the crotch. The girl was on her way home from school Tuesday when aman tailed her in his car on Clove Road, got out, gripped her wrist and tried to pull her into thevehicle. She remembered a safety tip she was taught in second grade. I kicked him in his privatearea, the teen told The News. It just came into my head. The suspect is described as Hispanic,40 to 50 years old, 5' 10 with a thin build. He wore square-rimmed glasses and blue jeans and hada heavily pocked face. He drove a rusted white four-door sedan. Anyone with information is asked tocall Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS.

(New York)