CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — At around 10:30 this morning, Wednesday, a MTA commuter called Shomrim and alerted them to a number of hate graffiti on the subway platform. The graffiti consisted of a Jewish Star of David being equated to a swastika and the words “long live hamas” underneath it.
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CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A teacher had her cell phone stolen and her purse rummaged through by an intruder inside of Bais Rivkah high school in Crown Street. The disturbing incident took place at around 12:45pm on Tuesday where a teacher spotted a black man with a light complexion and white hair and a large build who did not work for the school roaming around the hallways on the second floor.
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CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — At 4:12pm, Friday, Erev Shabbos, a child called the Shomrim hotline asking for help. The child stated that he was just molested at the Empire Shtibel Mikvah and the perpetrator was still in the Mikvah.
Numerous Shomrim members arrived on the scene within seconds. After speaking to the child, they requested for Police to further investigate. The members had the suspect, a 23 year old Israeli, wait for Police.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — On Thursday, January 1st, Crown Heights suffered its first murder of 2009. It happened at 347 Maple St, between New York and Nostrand Ave. Police responded when someone called 911, saying there was an unconscious male at the location. Upon arrival the police found an unresponsive black male in his 60’s on the floor.
EMS pronounced the victim dead at the scene and transported him to the medical examiner. The ME’s office released in a statement, 67 years old Delinor Dorissaint was murdered at his home Thursday. NYPD detectives are still investigating why and who murdered him.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Jewish resident was shot earlier this evening with a BB gun as he was opening the door to his home on Montgomery Street. The incident took place at around 5:30pm between Troy and Schenectady Avenues.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A surprisingly warm winter Monday afternoon, brought many women to Lefferts Park with their children. To the their dismay, a homeless man also chose to hang around the playground. A Black male, approximately 30-years old, was seen walking around with a beer bottle in a bag. He proceeded to ask the women for money, as well as offering his services to ‘baby-sit’ their children. Shomrim was called, and a number of members responded.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two cars last night and three more the night before were broken into, ransacked and had their airbags stolen in a new rash of thefts in Crown Heights.
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BROOKLYN, NY [NEWS12] — The three New York City police officers accused of violating a Brooklyn man during an arrest surrendered Tuesday morning, authorities say.
Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes announced a 32-count indictment against officers Richard Kern, Alex Cruz and Andrew Morales, police officers assigned to the 71st Precinct which is under the command of Inspector Peter Simonetti.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Bochur was attacked Sunday afternoon by a lone perpetrator who pulled a gun and hit the Bochur in the head with it. The perpetrator then grabbed a bag containing valuable electronics and fled, leaving the Bochur injured and bleeding.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two Bochurim on their way home from Shul were accosted and attackedby a large group of Black teens. One of the bochurim was knocked unconscious after being pistol-whipped, while the other male sustained injuries on his head and inside his mouth.
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Some would-be robbers picked the wrong shop owner to rob in Brooklyn on Monday night.
Even though he was unarmed, the shop owner, identified by neighbors as Youssouf Drame, 35, wrested a gun away from one of the men and fatally shot two of them. The police say that two other suspects — it’s unclear whether they entered the store — are at large.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — More gun violence erupts on the Streets of Crown Heights, only this time in broad daylight. At around 4:00pm a person was shot in the leg on Empire Boulevard and Schenectady Avenue.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Brooklyn variety-store owner was critically wounded during a shootout Monday night in which he shot and killed two robbers, the police said.
The police said they thought the two dead men were armed and had attempted to rob the store, located at 1051 Nostrand Avenue, between Sterling and Lefferts, at about 8:20 p.m. It was unclear who fired first, the police said.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two cars were broken into over Shabbos and had their airbags stolen. The cars were both parked on Carroll Street between Nostrand and Kingston Avenues and were broken into sometime over Shabbos.
Just about a year ago Crown Heights was hit with a wave of airbags thefts, and in some cases navigation systems and car computers, were stolen out of cars. They target primarily Hondas, there were close to 100 such reports, then it just stopped.
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — Primorye Chief Rabbi, U.S. citizen Yisroel Silberstein was attacked on a central street of Vladivostok, a source in the Federation of Russian Jewish Communities told Interfax-Religion on Thursday.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A drunk bochur, described as a “Tzfati”, pushed an 83-year-old man down a staircases in 770 on Motzai Shabbos. The incident began inside 770 at around 8:00pm when the drunken Tzfati, who was missing his shirt, grabbed the elderly man and shoved him down a flight of stairs.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Many Mezuzas were stolen from an apartment building in Crown Heights early Sunday morning. Jewish residents living at 350 Lefferts Ave, between New York and Nostrand Ave, were shocked Sunday, when they found out that Mezuzahs from six floors of the building were ripped off and stolen.
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