71st Precinct Police Officer Arrested for Shoplifting
A cop assigned to the 71st precinct in Crown Heights was apprehended last night by a store security guard for shoplifting, and was arrested.
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.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A Black man robbed a Black woman, and was apprehended by a police officer who chased him for over 10 blocks.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A Jewish girl came very close to being the victim of an assault, or worse, at the hands of an unruly group of 4 black males late Motzai Shabbos. The quick thinking actions of two Bochurim foiled the attack, and the would-be attackers fled.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A man was arrested after crashing into a number of parked cars, and attempting to flee the scene only to be stopped by the police command center down the block. By crashing into it as well.
BROOKLYN — Robberies, break-ins, car theft and stickups soared last year in Brooklyn neighborhoods where crime had dipped, NYPD statistics show.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — An incident with a man passing counterfeit $50 bills to Kingston Avenue stores, had the tables turned on Shomrim when an apathetic police force, led by an officer and a sergeant, turned the story upside down and accused them of playing cops and robbers, while letting the suspect go. Disturbing video footage tells this bizarre story.