Police are looking for the vandals who toppled gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in Brooklyn, authorities said yesterday.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] – Over Shabbos two cars were broken into and their airbags were stolen. Shomrim received reports that the break-ins took place sometime on Friday night on Crown Street.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A man armed with a shotgun had a one and a half hour standoff with police yesterday evening, prompting the response of many specialized NYPD units.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — An elderly Jewish woman was robbed as she was climbing the stairs to her home this afternoon. The incident took place alarmingly close to the police precinct, with the robber making off with her purse in a getaway vehicle.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — It was a sight reminiscent of decades past, stripped down cars lay waste on the city street, car stereos stolen in hourly occurrences, as well as the sight of cars missing their wheels and sitting atop four bricks. This is what greeted the proud owner of a brand new Infinity sports coupe on Friday morning, his car without wheels.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Shots rang out late last night, and one of the bullets struck a minivan that was driven by a Jewish man. The incident startled many residents inside their homes, but none more than the driver whose rear window suddenly exploded and a bullet remained lodged in the roof liner of his car.
A Brooklyn yeshiva teacher yesterday gave harrowing testimony of how he was brutally attacked on Thanksgiving by two teens, saying they briefly knocked him unconscious, then ripped off his Hasidic garb as he tried to escape and taunted him by shouting, “Jew! Jew!”
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Police have set up a crime scene inside of the construction site on Crown Street, where a couple of Bochurim found a dead body.
CROWN HEIGHTS [ABC7] — Eyewitness News has learned that police may have recovered the weapon used to murder a popular baker in Brooklyn.
A beloved baker — whose Brooklyn store was a staple in his West Indian community — was shot dead last night and his anguished relatives are asking for the gunman to come forward.
The 68-year-old owner of a Brooklyn bakery was shot dead outside his Crown Heights home Tuesday night.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A man was shot and killed this evening on a Crown Heights street. The incident took place at around 8:40pm when a number of shots rang out, and one man was left dead on the street.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Regency Cleaners and Gombos Bakery were both the victims of a robbery and an attempted robbery early this morning. The dry cleaner was broken in to and a charity box was stolen, while at the bakery the thief did not manage to get it, but he caused damage.
WILLIAMSBURG [CBS2] — For the second time in two weeks, residents in Williamsburg, Brooklyn said a Hasidic Jewish man has been assaulted near the intersection of Wallabout Street and Harrison Avenue.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A Jewish girl was attacked by a mob of four black men on Tuesday evening. The incident took place near the intersection of Union Street and Brooklyn Avenue, where the girl was accosted by the group and punched by one of them.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A man was injured when a car struck him and knocked him down. The incident took place at around 4:30pm at the intersection of New York and Crown.
FLATBUSH [ABC] — An apparent drunk driver sideswiped a vehicle, killing a 25-year-old yeshiva student in the Midwood section of Brooklyn.
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