Israeli Bochur Arrested After Punching Cop in the Face

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — At around 4:30am, an Israeli Bochur was arrested for taking a swing and striking a Police Officer on Kingston Avenue and President Street. Apparently the Bochur was intoxicated and got into an altercation with another Bochur, but when police tried to intervene the Bochur assaulted the cop.

Shomrim “save woman’s life” in Domestic Violence Incident

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — An enraged man struck a woman in the back of her head then proceeded beating on her, until a passing Shomrim member intervened. The incident took place Motzai Shabbos at around 10:00pm on Carroll and Schenectady in front a building where the woman lived and the man was trying to gain access.

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Sanitation Worker Fatally Shot

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [WABC] — Police say an off-duty Sanitation worker was fatally shot in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn Wednesday morning.

32-year-old Edward Hunt was shot in the chest outside 857 Lincoln Place at around 5:30 a.m.

He was pronounced dead at Kings County Hospital.

Perv Exposes Himself to Jewish Woman

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Erev Shabbos a Shomrim member was alerted to a Black man who exposed himself to a Jewish woman on East New York Avenue near the Shuk, the member called for backup and police assistance in locating the pervert.

Cousin Is Charged in Brooklyn Death

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — A teenage girl was arrested on Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of her 16-year old cousin in her family’s apartment in Crown Heights the day before, the authorities said.

The girl, Tiana Browne, 15, of East 21st Street in Brooklyn, is being charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon in the killing of Shannon Braithwaite, the police said.

Shannon’s mother, Marva Braithwaite, discovered her daughter’s body about 4:30 p.m. near the entrance of their apartment on Empire Boulevard near Troy Avenue. When she tried to open the door, the path was blocked by her daughter’s body.

SEC: ‘Guru’ Bilked Faithful, Chabad Goers

BOCA RATON, FL — A self-styled investment guru accused of recruiting clients from a synagogue where he worshiped was charged with using ”abusive sales practices” to cheat them of hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The 17-page enforcement action accuses Gary J. Gross, 56, of churning clients’ accounts with unauthorized and unsuitable trades, reaping $700,000 in the scheme, including buying risky penny stocks and other investments, the SEC said.

To cover up what he was doing, Gross doctored account records to make clients think they had more than they actually did, the agency said.

VIGILANTE OYZ IN THE ‘HOOD’

Don’t mess with Exodus.

A group of Hasidic Jews meted out swift street justice in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to a man they say threatened to shoot a neighborhood storekeeper.

Shomrim Apprehend one for Harassment and Trespassing

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A Jewish woman who was visiting a friend was accosted and harassed by a drunk black male. The incident took place at around 8:45pm Thursday night on Empire Boulevard where a woman was sitting at the front door of a friend’s house when the perpetrator walked up the steps and sat down beside her and began harassing her.

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Five Mezuzahs Torn from Apt. Doorposts

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — 5 Mezuzahs were torn from apartment doors inside of 1690 Union Street, a relatively small building with 31 residential units, most of whom aren’t Jewish, located between Schenectady and Utica Avenues.

The vandalism was discovered at around 6:30pm on Wednesday. Police along with Shomrim were called and immediately responded to the scene. Police quickly deemed the incident a bias crime and brought down a Crime Scene Unit to dust for fingerprints. Additionally detectives from the Bias Crime Squad responded and began investigating the incident.

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