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Omar Wilks told reporters he fears Ramtahal will be out of jail as early as January 1 because sufficient felony charges have not yet been filed.
By Patricia Adams
The dad of a 14-year-old girl, who was chassed into oncoming traffic in Richmond Hill on Jamaica Avenue early last week, was ejected from a Queens courtroom, after an emotional outburst inside a Queens Criminal Courtroom.
Omar WIlks directed his rage toward 23-year-old Kevin Ramtahal, the man accused of harassing his daughter.
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Kevin Ramtahal threatened 14-year-old Amara Wilks forcing the teen to run into traffic where she was struck by a car.
“That was my 14-year-old child you attacked,” shouted Wilks.
“I felt like leaping over the table and grabbing him up,” the emotional father told reporters outside the Queens County Criminal Court on Monday afternoon. “But out of respect for the court, I maintained discipline and made it clear to him that I’m determined to get justice.”
In the incident that occurred last week on December 6, authorities say that Ramtahal was “wandering the streets like a madman shouting at people, lunging at them and threatening them.”
When the unhinged Ramtahal encountered 14-year old Amara Wilks on her way to school, she was so terrified by the way he accosted her, screaming “I’m coming for you,” that she ran into traffic on Jamaica Avenue at 110th Street and was struck by a passing car. The teenage suffered multiple fractures but thankfully survived the incident.
“She’s emotionally devastated. She’s in enormous physical pain. It’s too soon to say. She’s not ever going to be the same. She’s never going to walk normally. And emotionally she’s traumatized. She can’t sleep at night,” said an obviously devastated father. “My daughter was on the brink of death. She asked me “Daddy am I going to die?”
Ironically, Wilks, a firefighter whose firehouse is in the same neighborhood, responded to the 911 call when the accident happened. He had no idea his daughter was the victim involved in the call. Amara was rushed to Cohen’s Children’s Hospital with severe leg injuries
Later Wilks joined in the massive search to locate Kevin Ramtahal to get him into custody.
The emotionally charged father expressed serious concerns outside the courthouse saying that the charges were not serious enough. He challenged incoming DA Melinda Katz to “hold this criminal accountable with violent felony charges. There is no reason he should be on the street.”
The ADA on the case explained to Wilks that if he [Ramtahal] gets anything less than a violent felony charge he would be out of jail with no bail January 1, when the new bail laws go into effect. “I am determined as a father to not let that happen.
Ramtahal has been charged with child endangerment, reckless endangerment and harassment. Ramtahal remains in custody on $2,500 bail.
