Brazen Daytime Robbery, While Family was Home!

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A brazen burglar walked into a Crown Heights home this afternoon and made off with about 10 winter coats. The incident took place at around 12:15pm while there were people in the house.

New Wave of Airbag Thefts, Police Commissioner Unhappy

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Over 3 cars were broken into Tuesday night and had their windows broken and airbags stolen. The types of cars targeted in this wave were primarily late model Toyota Camerys.

Gruesome Roslyn Hit And Run Galvanizes Community

The hunt is on right now for the hit-and-run driver who slammed into a senior citizen and never slowed as the 81-year-old victim — using a cane — crossed her quiet residential street. CBS 2 HD spoke with her grieving daughter on Tuesday.

Police to Discuss Crime Concerns with Chabad Community

MONTREAL, Canada — An e-mail campaign has been taking place in recent weeks to bring awareness about incidents of crime against the religious Jewish Lubavitch community in the Côte des Neiges area, to prompt more police involvement.

An e-mail from the organization Anshei Lubavitch, which has received numerous responses over several days, charges that police have been “passive” in reacting to several incidents, most recently the robbery of a 12-year-old boy.

Jews Attacked while on Tahalucha

BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — A father, son and another older Jewish man were attacked and injured while on Tahalucha. The incident took place on Eastern Parkway near the entrance to the botanical gardens where a number of black youths pelted them with stones, striking the group and injuring them.

NYPD Busts Alleged Drug Sellers at Retail Stores

Some stores on Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, don’t only offer up food, music and clothes; you can even get your drug fix, according to police. That is, until Today, Tuesday.

The NYPD made a sweep of the neighborhood, putting an end to the drug dealing at six different businesses, police said. Cops busted variety stores, a music store, and three take-out restaurants.

Jewish Woman Mugged Erev Shabbos on St. Johns Place

Utica and St. Johns may not be the absolute safest place for a religious Jew, man or woman, to wander. Yet the community council maintains a number of affordable housing buildings there with over 50 Jewish families living there. And what some would say was only a matter of time before it happens, happened.

Jewish Boy Assaulted by Teen Gang, Father Claims Bias

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A father is calling an assault on his 11-year-old son a racially motivated attack. Detectives from the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Taskforce took over the case earlier this week, and interviewed the victim.

Shomrim Apprehend 12-Year-Old Gun Toting Mugger

WILLIAMSBURG, NY — A kid mugger who preys on Hasidic women in Williamsburg held up a mother pushing her baby in a stroller yesterday — only to be nabbed minutes later by patrol, police said.

Kingston Avenue ATM Robbed

Thousands of dollars were stolen out of an ATM on Kingston Avenue last night. The incident took place at the intersection of Kingston Avenue and Crown Street, in front of Post Mark-it, where the ATM which has been there for nearly a year was pried open and its contents emptied.

Two Cars Burglarized Overnight, more Over Shabbos

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — CrownHeights.info received a number reports about cars having been broken into over the last few days. The most recent incidents were that of two cars parked next to each other that were broken into and ransacked.

Burglar Attempts to Rob CH Home, Leaves Broken Handed