Yesterday in the evening Shomrim were alerted to two crimes involving young Crown Heights women. In the first – a girl’s phone was mugged. In the second – a young teenager was groped.
Crown Heights is getting a new commanding officer for the 71st Precinct. Later this week Deputy Inspector John Lewis will be replaced by Deputy Inspector George Fitzgibbon from the 69th Precinct.
Yesterday evening at about 7:30pm a bochur was down Albany Ave. near the corner of President St. while speaking on his cell phone. Suddenly, he was jumped by two African-American males, one of whom snatched the phone out of his hand.
Today at approximately 2:15, a middle aged Jewish man was walking down Eastern Parkway near Brooklyn Ave. when he heard someone yell “dirty Jew.”
Yesterday afternoon a Jewish girl was walking down Brooklyn Ave. near Empire Blvd. when she was approached by a group of five African-American boys ages 12-15. One of them snatched her phone from her hand and they all ran off.
At about 2:00 in the afternoon yesterday, a Jewish woman from Borough Park was walking on Eastern Parkway near Rogers Ave. when she was accosted by a mugger, who snatched her purse and ran off.
A familiar – yet no less shocking – scene played out once again this Shabbos, as another Crown Heights home was broken into and robbed while the family slept peacefully upstairs.
A Jewish woman who teaches in a local public school was attacked on Crown Street this afternoon by a gang of eight teens, half of them boys and the other half girls. The incident is being investigated as a possible hate crime.
Cops are after the gunman who shot and killed an African-American man in Crown Heights.
A five-year-old girl was gripped with paralyzing terror as she hid under her bed late on Friday night, after being awoken to the sight of a burglar rummaging through her home, located in the heart of Crown Heights.
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.
After we shined a spotlight on the actions of a group of violent thugs in 770 last week, thousands of Anash expressed their reactions in the form of emails and comments. Several ‘angels of peace’ attempted to spin, rationalize and explain away their actions; but new revelations prove that those actions stretch further back – and are even more shocking – than we would all like to believe.
Russia’s main anti-terror agency said Friday that its forces killed five suspected terrorists, including a prominent warlord, during a raid in the southern province of Dagestan, a republic of Russia which has seen a growing presence of Islamic extremists. They were wanted in connection with the Shooting of Chabad Shliach Rabbi Ovadia Isakov.
He just couldn’t keep away. Career car burglar Terrance Nelson struck once again on the first day of Yom Tov, only to be confronted by a group who witnessed him – aided by a young child – breaking into a car. He pulled a knife, and Shomrim was called.
A pair of baby faced thieves brazenly attempted to steal a bicycle on East New York Ave., only to be stopped by a passerby who, together with workers from a nearby supermarket, chased one of them down. He was later arrested by police officers.
A 22-year-old Israeli Bochur, visiting Crown Heights with his family for the holidays, was violently assaulted while walking home from the celebrations of Simchas Beis Hashueva on Monday night. Leaving the victim beaten and bloodied, the assailants made off with his iPhone.
Police in Crown Heights are asking for the public’s help locating two suspects wanted in connection with a mugging that took place on Saturday.
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