Reveler Shot in Leg at Labor Day Parade

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — A reveler at the West Indian Day parade was shot twice in the leg, and three people were taken into custody for questioning, police said.

The 26-year-old man, who was not named, was taken to a hospital in stable condition after being shot at about 4 p.m. Monday, on Eastern Pkwy and Troy Ave,

In previous years, the event has been marred by tragedy. In 1999, two children died when they were pinned between floats, and hours later a man was run over by a float and killed. In 2005, a man was shot to death.

Last year, police had two reports of violence: a man shot in the leg and another person stabbed.

Hate Crime in Fairfax District Sparks Outrage

LOS ANGELES, CA — L.A. Police stepped up their patrols in the Fairfax District Friday night after a pellet gun attack against two Jewish rabbinical students. City leaders are outraged over the hate crime.

Police say the shooting spree lasted through Thursday night into the early Friday morning. Two young men in a black Lexus were shooting at people randomly with a pellet gun but in the Fairfax District neighborhood they chose their targets specifically and now they stand accused of a hate crime.

Bochur Attacked with Glass Bottle and Robbed

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – At around 11:45pm last night the Shomrim hotline received a call for a Bochur that was assaulted with a glass bottle and mugged while on his way home.

Shomrim members responded to President Street and Schenectady Avenue, the corner where the Bochur was assaulted, and began searching for the group that attacked him, in the meantime the Bochur received treatment from Hatzalah on Crown Street between Utica and Schenectady, in front of the apartment he is staying by.

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Muggings Terrorizing Community

Crown Heights, Brooklyn [CHI] — Sunday at around 10 PM, a group of teens went around terrorizing the community. The group started out at Union St and New York Ave where they attempted to mug a bochur, and then fled down Union St and mugged another Bochur between Brooklyn Ave and Kingston Ave.

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Teenager Bashed in Anti-Semitic Attack

Melbourne, Australia — Melbourne’s Jewish community has been rocked by an anti-Semitic attack in which a teenager was bashed with a baseball bat and a restaurant diner punched in the face.

Police are investigating the series of violent incidents, which occurred shortly after midnight on Saturday night in Balaclava, in Melbourne’s Jewish heartland.

A 17-year-old boy, an Orthodox Jew, was bashed with a baseball bat by three men who also smashed cars parked outside a Jewish restaurant.

Car Burglar Goes on Spree, Apprehended by Shomrim

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Shomrim Members apprehended a Car Burglar early this morning, a member that was patrolling spotted the suspect on Union Street between New York and Brooklyn Avenues at around 3:00am as he was looking into cars, the member called for backup and a number of units began following the suspect.

It didn’t take long and the perp made a move on a car on Union that had a window open, he ransacked the car then fled down New York Ave and turned onto Carroll St and it was there that he made a move on another car, this time breaking a window in order to gain entry.

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Boy Mugged for 25 Cents on Eastern Parkway

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — A boy walking home from the day camp he attends, ‘Gan Menachem’ earlier this afternoon was accosted by two Black males on the corner of Eastern Parkway and Brooklyn Avenue who demanded his money, all the boy had on him was a single quarter which he handed to them.

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Woman Finds Burglar in Her Kitchen at 3AM

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Last night at around 3:00am a woman walked into her kitchen and was met by a burglar holding a charity box and rummaging around looking for other valuables. The incident took place on Carroll Street between Kingston and Albany. The burglar told the woman not to yell, and then asked if there were more people in the house to which the woman responded that there were many people in the house.

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Two Bochurim Assaulted with a Weapon at Lefferts Park

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — Two Bochurim were assaulted at Lefferts Park on Shabbos afternoon. Police, Hatzalah and Shomrim all responded to the call which took place on Lefferts and Albany when the two Bochurim were assaulted by two Male Hispanics using brass knuckles.

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One Arrested, Two Sought in Police Shooting

Crown Heights, Brooklyn — One man was arrested today in connection with the shooting on Monday of two New York City police officers in Brooklyn during a traffic stop. Lee Wood, 29, evidently the previously unidentified third man in the car that the officers stopped, was taken into custody, the police said.