A Crown Heights resident reached out to CrownHeights.info after she was the victim of a common scam called mailbox fishing, where criminals place a substance inside the lid of a public mailbox to “catch” mail put inside.
Police are searching for a man who allegedly attacked an MTA bus driver in Brooklyn. It happened around 6 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights.
A call for help to Crown Heights Shomrim, a tip to Boro Park Shomrim, and a response by Flatbush Shomrim together brought about the successful return of a stolen car.
A CitiBike riding robber struck Monday evening targeting a Jewish woman on the streets of Crown Heights, striking her and stealing her purse.
It’s a story straight out of a nightmare. A truck driver picking up donations from Crown Heights locations found himself the target of a beatdown Sunday from an irate knife-wielding man.
At least two people were shot near a Brooklyn subway station Wednesday morning, law enforcement sources said. The shooting happened outside the Franklin Avenue-Botanic Garden subway station.
A man was arrested Motzei Shabbos after calling in multiple bomb threats to 911. The man admitted to making the calls and was charged with four counts of “Making a Terroristic Threat.”
A second arrest has been made in the brutal beating of Crown Heights activist Yosef Hershkop, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
A man who assaulted a Jewish victim was put in cuffs Wednesday after he punched his victim while he walked on the street.
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced that 32 alleged members of the 8 Trey Crips and its affiliate, the 9 Ways gang, were indicted for possessing guns, and using stolen cars during shootings, to eliminate rivals.
The Jewish Future Alliance (JFA) is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individuals responsible for a reported robbery at Railroad Pizza on Monday night, May 8th.
A man was shot in the back on Kingston Ave Tuesday morning. He was transported to the hospital by a NYC Ambulance.
Two masked thugs looking for trouble in Crown Heights found some on Sunday, harassing a person and attempting to hold up a store.
Two masked and gloved thugs entered Railroad Pizza in Crown Heights last Monday night, holding up the store owner and robbing him.
A local altercation on Carroll Street involving firearms has police swarming the area Sunday night, with three suspects on the lam and thankfully no injuries reported.
Four Lubavitch Bochurim enjoying time near the Brooklyn Bridge last night were the victims of an attempted mugging. It was unsuccessful and the mugger arrested.
The man being sought in this morning’s window smashing on Albany Ave was arrested after an alert community member spotted him and alerted Shomrim.
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