Crime

At about 3:00pm this afternoon, shots were fired on Albany Ave. between Lefferts and East New York Aves., right next to Lefferts Park.

In what is becoming a regular occurrence, a car parked on Troy Ave. between Montgomery St. and Empire Blvd. had its tires stripped off by stealthy thieves late Wednesday night, leaving it suspended on crude cinder blocks.

At around 3:00pm today, a woman was pushing a stroller down Montgomery St. between Brooklyn and Kingston Aves. while talking on her cell phone, when two young teenagers on bicycles rode past her and snatched the phone out of her hand.

A woman was violently assaulted by a deranged man on Carroll Street this afternoon. A group of bystanders sprang into action – including the wife of a Shomrim Volunteer – and shielded the woman until Shomrim arrived and subdued the man.

Over Shabbos, a car parked on Crown Street was stripped of all four of its tires. According to multiple reports, the theft occurred sometime late Friday Night.

A Jewish man turned the tables on four Hispanic men when he ducked a ‘knockout’ punch, then called Shomrim and followed the group. All of them were apprehended and charged by police with attempting to engage in a knockout assault.

A wild scene unfolded on Kingston Avenue earlier this afternoon, when a group of construction workers, cops and store employees tackled a young black male assailant and placed him under arrest.

The latest victim of the sick ‘knockout’ game plaguing Brooklyn was a 78-year-old woman from Midwood, who was attacked in broad daylight by a young man who walked toward her, balled up his fist and hit her with all his might on the top of her head, then ran off.

Another random assault was perpetrated against a Jewish child in Crown Heights this morning. The perpetrators – a pair of females – have not been apprehended.

First it was just the residents, now even the police are frustrated. Just 12 days ago we reported on the arrest of a suspect tied to a string of burglaries that were occurring on Friday night. Just three days later, the suspect was released without bail. This weekend, a Crown Heights resident interrupted a burglary taking place in his home.

At around 4:15pm today, Wednesday, as children all over the neighborhood were making their way home from school, a number of Jewish kids were pelted with rocks – and one of whom was struck in the face – in a random attack perpetrated by youth believed to be from a nearby public school.

A young Jewish man became the victim of an unprovoked attack and was punched in the mouth while walking on Kingston Avenue Sunday Evening.

An African-American male was shot tonight on Carroll St. between Albany and Troy Aves., just as several of his neighbors were returning home from Shul. He was treated on the scene by EMS and rushed to Kings County Hospital.