Thief Apprehended by Alert Bystanders
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A shoplifter was apprehended earlier today after stealing from Kosher Town grocery story.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A shoplifter was apprehended earlier today after stealing from Kosher Town grocery story.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Chaim Hershkop, a father whose son Itchy attends Head Start at Lubavitcher Yeshiva, took time this morning to speak to the kids about lending a helping hand, safety and what it is that he does as a volunteer in his spare time.
Any Chosson davening Mincha on his wedding day seeks out this Siddur, its 60 years old and was used by both the Rebbe and the Frierdiker Rebbe, and the Rebbe used to give it to Chassanim to daven from at Mincha before their Chuppah. Upon inspecting the Siddur recently Rabbi Leibel Groner made a shocking discovery, a number of pages were stolen.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — On this car the thief’s didn’t bother with its wheels, they went for the entire interior. Homeowners who use the alleyway behind their homes on President and Carroll Streets found that they couldn’t exit from the Troy side because of a stripped car blocking their path.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — It seems like we spoke to soon. In our Friday article we reported the theft of rims off of parked cars in the neighborhood, and we noted that airbag thefts seem to have subsided, but that changed this Shabbos after more than five cars were broken into and their airbags were stolen.
A cop assigned to the 71st precinct in Crown Heights was apprehended last night by a store security guard for shoplifting, and was arrested.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Two cars were the targets of thieves who stole the wheel rims off of two parked cars in Crown Heights. Both cars were parked within a block from each other.
A Brooklyn police precinct is under scrutiny after cops told investigators their bosses manipulated crime statistics, sources said. The 77th Precinct, covering Crown Heights and Prospect Heights, first raised a red flag with unusually high numbers of unfounded cases – where cops respond to a report of crime and determine none was committed, sources said.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Just a short while ago a Lubavitcher was carjacked at gun point on Crown Street.
A fugitive with a knife, who the police said had left behind a calamity of murders and broken lives in Brooklyn, was captured by officers at Times Square on Saturday morning after stabbing another victim on a subway train, investigators said.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Two Bochurim were accosted Sunday night, and after calling Shomrim and police for help, a cop got attacked as well.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — More details along with a photo was released by the FBI in connection with the robbery of Apple Bank on Albany Avenue. Surveillance photos show the robber pull a gun on the teller and demand money. He made off with a few hundred dollars.
BROOKLYN — Four graffiti taggers nabbed near Marine Park Junior High School by the Shomrim patrol on Jan. 29 have been connected to an act of vandalism on a nearby synagogue that took place more than two months ago, police said.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A short while ago the Crown Heights Apple Bank branch was robbed at gunpoint, and the suspect made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Vandals targeted Oholei Torah Friday night with anti-Semitic hate graffiti. The vulgar scrawl was found on the steps leading up to the main ballroom on Friday night.
When the thief picked the lox, the cops shouted, “Spread ’em!”
A bagel-brained bandit stuffed a dozen packs of smoked salmon in his pants at a Brooklyn deli — but got schmeared by a couple of workers before he could get out the door, police said yesterday.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A man was shot this morning on Carroll Street, and was rushed to the hospital where he was treated for two gunshot wounds.