New York assistant DA quits after being caught by pedophile hunters ‘trying to meet a 13-year-old boy’

A New York prosecutor handling child endangerment cases abruptly resigned just days after he was filmed running from vigilante pedophile hunters in a Target car lot.

Fordham Law School graduate William CC Kemp-Neal had allegedly arranged to meet a 13-year-old boy outside the Mount Vernon store when he was confronted by members of the group Dads Against Predators.

When one approached him to ask if he was ‘Marcus,’ the 30-year-old bolted across the lot before being grabbed by a passer-by and wrestled to the ground.

‘That guy, that came out of nowhere, is a bad a**,’ wrote one viewer.

‘He’s like two feet shorter and he took him down. Awesome!’

An unknown passer-by put the ADA in a chokehold after he ran from vigilantes 

Kemp-Neal was earning $84,990 as an assistant DA in the Bronx District Attorney’s office before his sudden resignation on July 12, the New York Post reported.

He has written papers for the Fordham Law Review on the theme of ‘environmental racism,’ and dealt with assault, harassment, and child endangerment cases for Bronx DA Darcel Clark.

Dramatic footage shows the vigilantes chasing Kemp-Neal as he sprints away from them, with one yelling: ‘Excuse me everybody, this man right here arranged to meet a 13-year-old boy. This man is a pedophile in your city.

‘Marcus is a pedophile trying to meet a 13-year-old boy,’ another voice chimes in. ‘Let’s go.’

By the time they catch up with him, he has been grabbed and pulled to the ground by a a passer-by who put the prosecutor in a chokehold. 

‘Get his b**** a**, he tried to f*** a 13-year-old boy,’ yells one of the men who gave chase. 

‘Oh no,’ Kemp-Neal insists as he tries to hide his face with a baseball cap before having it yanked from his head by a pursuer. 

‘What you doing, Marcus?’ he demands. ‘You trying to meet a 13-year-old boy? You wanted to take him to get a milkshake, didn’t you Marcus?’

‘No, I didn’t,’ he replies as he grapples with his captor before being pulledto his feet.

Footage posted by the group Dads Against Predators shows members approaching Kemp-Neal as he waited outside a Target store in Mount Vernon on July 13

The onlooker grabbed Kemp-Neal as he headed toward the store’s parking lot exit 

The 30-year-old tried to conceal his face as the vigilantes caught up with him 

The prosecutor denied arranging to met a 13-year-old, as he wrestled with his captor

Officers from the Mount Vernon Police Department were called to the scene but made no arrests.

A spokesman said in a statement they had ‘encountered several individuals making allegations of wrongdoing’ and promised a ‘comprehensive investigation’.

The prosecutor has not been charged with any offense, but a spokesman for the DA’s office said his work with them was done.

‘William Kemp-Neal worked here as an ADA from June 28, 2020, until July 17, 2024,’ he said in a statement. ‘He resigned from the office.’