3 Caught After Violently Mugging Young Woman

An amazing effort by both vigilant community members and Shomrim volunteers resulted in the apprehension of three teens who assaulted and mugged a young woman, making off with her cell phone. Police brass worked hand in hand with Shomrim, which resulted in the muggers’ identification and arrest.

The incident occurred on President Street near Albany Avenue at around 11:00pm. A woman on her way home was attacked by a group of 3 to 5 young black teens, who assaulted her and stole her cell phone, then fled down President St.

A number of people who witnessed the attack sprung into action, calling Shomrim and chasing after the young thugs – who were apprehended just a block away.

Shomrim volunteers who were responding to the call observed the fleeing muggers and a Jewish man chasing them. A passing unmarked police car also witnessed it and stopped three suspects, two girls and a boy.

Shomrim immediately went to work, bringing the victim to the scene and gathering all the witnesses so that police officers could charge the suspects with the crime. Shomrim also located the victim of an earlier attack and brought her to scene. Together, they were able to positively identify the perps and even recover the women’s phones.

A Shomrim volunteer told CrownHeights.info that if not for the brave individuals who chased after the muggers, and all the witnesses who came forward, they would have gotten away with their crimes and likely would have struck again.

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22 Comments

  • Not a woman

    She is not a woman, she’s my 15 year old little sister. And one of the thugs got away with her purse. Her phone was not returned. Iyh we should hear good news. She is in the hospital now.

  • Abba

    I saw a police car speeding down union at around that time.they were enroute to the incident?

  • Finally !!!

    Yay! Now that we all se that it is POSSIBLE for us and the cops to work TOGETHER why can’t it be like this ALWAYS?!

    • ENGLISH, please

      I see (that) now Setton(?) has his kids stealing, too. Like father, like son.

  • They followed me

    I think its the same group of teens that started following me at around 10:00pm. I nptoced and crossed the street. Then i stopped – they stopped… Then i thankfully saw a bochur and asked him to walk me. They saw i was walking with someone and stopped following. ALWAYS WALK ON PAIRS AT NIGHT

  • To #2

    How is your sister doing and what is her Hebrew name? She should have a refuah shleima.

  • To # 12

    Thank you but she’s fine now…. And also a big thank you to the Dean Family for assisting her right after she was attacked!

  • Aeon

    Big thanks to the guy who chased them down president, Albany, and caroll. We saw him and he screamed for the police to intersect them.

  • Bet they were never charged

    Well done to those members of the community who pursued the criminals! But even if they were arrested, chances are they were never officially charged with anything and no record of the crimes were put on their file. I don’t mean to burst anyone’s bubble but that’s the reality of ‘crime fighting’ in Crown Heights.

  • To the family

    I wish you all the best and a speedy recovery.

    I’m curious, where are these little thugs from? Do they live in CH, or do they come in by bus/train actively searching for a victim and then run home?

    In any case, I’m very happy that they got caught and more imprtantly – charged.

    Where do kids get the idea that it’s ok to assault and rob an innocent person? Does it have to do with them being born of a 15 year old mother on crack?

  • Becky

    After one of the Succos meals as I walked home down Albany Avenue to Eastern Parkway I was surrounded by 4 black teens between Carroll and President; but they saw I had no money and probably were aware about Jewish holidays as this a was Thur night;
    In the future I will refuse all future invitations that cause me to walk alone at night as that experience, despite nothing happening to me, was very traumatic!!!!
    Refuah Shleima, may your sister recover Bkorov

  • S.L.C

    Im guessing that they live in crown heights… But yeah ppl r sick! Can’t even believe that they do that!! I wasn’t beaten up, but I did start grabbing the phone back … But when I started screaming she pushed me to the ground and ran off with her gang I continued screaming and got up after a few seconds. A Jewish guy was only like 20 feet in front of me and pulled out his phone and started chasing them I was shaking and burst out crying. Everything happened so fast! Then the dean family came running out and thank you so much to them! They calmed me down and called my house… Shomrim came few minutes later and brought me to Carroll to identify the 3 teenagers they caught. My lower back was in so much pain it killed to bend or walk. I went to the hospital to get x-rays thank god I didn’t break anything! It still hurts but I’m Baruch hashem fine!! I just want u guys to know that I would think that if I don’t look scared they won’t start up with u and I shouldn’t run or turn around but to tell you the truth if someone doesn’t care to do it they won’t give a damn if u look confident or shy its just a sick mind set they have, now Im freaked to walk myself when it’s dark. Always walk with some one! And if something doesn’t feel right don’t feel stupid to run or cross the street that I was my mistake I heard them coming back after me ( cuz I had passed them already) and I saw their shadows but I x want them to think I was scared so I just moved to the side to let them pass…. To tell u the truth I didn’t think they’d take my phone at most I thought they’d curse or try to scare me …. Anyways I’m fine now and I learnt the hard way so I’m letting u guys know that these thing happen! So be careful!!

    Moshiach should come right now!! :)