Terrifying video: Creep grabs 4-year-old boy, tries to leave store with him. But Dad is right there — and does what dads do.

A surveillance video that almost certainly would terrify any parent of young children shows a male grabbing a 4-year-old boy and trying to leave a store with him Thursday in Miami Beach — but fortunately the boy's father was right there and fought off the would-be kidnapper.

What are the details?

The boy's mother was walking out of the CVS Pharmacy on the corner of Collins Avenue and 74th Street just before noon, and her son and her husband were walking behind her, WPLG-TV reported.

The surveillance video shows a man whom police identified as 26-year-old Nicolas Sternaman walking into the store at the same time — then turning, bending down, and grabbing the boy by the neck, the station said.

Sternaman lifted the boy off the ground and turned to face the store’s door to leave, but the father sprang into action and grabbed Sternaman until he let go of his son, WPLG said, citing the arrest report.

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The station said the mother turned to hit the man, and the boy fell on his back but wasn’t injured. The mom picked up her son and held him, WPLG said, adding that police noted that the boy was frightened.

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Police said Sternaman ran away, leaving his jacket behind, and that a witness and the father followed him southbound on Collins Avenue, when Sternaman removed his sweater and threw it, the station said.

Officers joined the pursuit and arrested Sternaman along Harding Avenue near 71st Street, WPLG said, adding that Sternaman was facing felony charges of aggravated child abuse and battery.

Not his first arrest

Police arrested Sternaman — a resident of a penthouse at the Mirador 1000, a South Beach condominium — for petit theft on Jan. 3, the station said.

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Miami-Dade County court records indicate he was released on a $150 bond, WPLG said, adding that his status hearing was 8:30 a.m. Thursday, and his trial for the pending misdemeanor case was scheduled for April 1.

Detectives asked those with information to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477, the station said.

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