The police were immediately called. They arrived immediately and were very comforting. They said to keep our eyes open, and if we see the person we should immediately call 911.
Women robbed in the heart of Crown Heights in broad daylight
On Wednesday August 17th 2006 at 4:15pm a Jewish mother pushing her 2 year old child in a stroller at the corner of Crown St. and Albany Ave. Was approached by a black man around 20 years old around 5′-10“ normal build, asked her for directions ”where is Montgomery Street?“ The woman pointed to the direction, the next second, he got really close to her and told her ”don’t yell or scream there’s someone behind you and if you yell he will hurt you and your child“. The black man said ”give me your diamond ring“, after she gave the ring and he repeated ”don’t yell or say anything to anyone”. He then ran into a waiting Dark New Chrysler Pacifica Minivan
The police were immediately called. They arrived immediately and were very comforting. They said to keep our eyes open, and if we see the person we should immediately call 911.
Please everyone be extra cautious, walk with other people if possible, especially at night. If this has happened to anyone else, please report it to the 71 st Precinct. Let’s make Crown Heights a safer place.
Maybe they will place extra patrolmen and put video cameras on street corners.
[CH.info edit: What we deserve as a basic necessity and what is required by police to do for it to be considered that they are fulfilling their duties, is being looked at by some of our other media out there as optional.
“Lets report crimes to the 71st precinct” when our reports get lost. Or “Maybe they will place extra patrolmen and put video cameras on street corners” when this is what we deserve regardless of anything. Oh and thank you NYPD for keeping us comforted… Sad!]
Ellie
omg… now i’m scared to walk the streets..should i hide my ring? should i carry a bb gun? or pepperspray? what to do?!?!?
Name
Disgusting comment at the end of the article! No need to bash anyone.
anon
about what to with your ring, you can turn it backwards so the diamond is not visible. and about security, daven!
laughing
yeah ellie, u should be affraid, be very affraid…get urself a bb gun baby
unknown
i live across that street were she was robbed!
chresident
just a note: i wrote a letter to the Police Commissioners office after the shooting of Mr. Klien about the concern i have for my familys safety. Last week I recieved a letter from Frank Vega, Deputy Inspector of 71st Precincnt who informed me that due to the crime in our area he has assigned additional uniform and non uniform cops in the area. He also suggested that I can reach him directly at 718 735 0506 with any other concerns I might have. I’m urging people in the community to call him and let him know that we are extremely concerned about the rising crime in area and that we are counting on police resources to help keep us safe.
chacha
chresident.
ditto, how about a couple more folks callingin. And for g-ds sake be nice. It won’t help to be sarcastic. Just let him know what’s on your mind in a non-confrontational way.
miki
just btw wednesday was aougest 16th.
71st what??
The day after this incident I was standing on the corner of Crown and Albany. I was standing there for an hour and half and I did not see a single patrol or police or any sort of NYPD vehicle the entire time. I have my serious doubt as to how they are increasing their patrols.