SHOMRIM PSA: No Police Report, No Crime
Crown Heights Shomrim has published a Public Service Announcement regarding Fridays Shomrim Alert. Their message, “No Police Report, No Crime.”
Crown Heights Shomrim has published a Public Service Announcement regarding Fridays Shomrim Alert. Their message, “No Police Report, No Crime.”
Crown Heights Shomrim has published an alert notifying the community of a man that has attempted to lure children and approach adults in Crown Heights. If you see this man, please call 911 and Crown Heights Shomrim immediately at 718-774-3333.
While Crown Heights residents stay home and businesses keep their gates down, New York City’s criminals continue to do what they do best. Over the first days of Yom Tov, multiple break ins took place within the Crown Heights Jewish community.
Another car was discovered vandalized in Crown Heights Sunday, in a rather vulgar display. The car had its gas tank cover ripped off, mirror broken, and had been keyed across one side of the vehicle with a vulgar word, apparently expressing the anonymous vandals feelings.
Five boys wanted for the brutal beating and theft on a fifteen year old girl last Thursday, have turned themselves in to the 77th precinct. The five had instigated the assault as part of a larger group of teenagers roving the area of Eastern Parkway and Utica Ave.
In another head scratching vandalism in Crown Heights, a car parked on Crown Street was targeted over shabbos, leaving tires slashed and damage to the vehicle.
A family from Lakewood received a royal Crown Heights welcome Thursday night in the form of two slashed tires. The reason for the vandalism is unclear, as the car was legally parked at the time.
A mob of around 40 teenagers caused mayhem Thursday afternoon in Crown Heights, beating and robbing a 15 year old girl and stabbing another. Police have requested the public’s assistance to identify the assailants.
A home on East New York Ave in Crown Heights seems to be a magnet for package thieves, attracting at least one each day. On both Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, package thieves approached the house, attempting to make a score. Sadly for Tuesdays thief, only the Wednesday thief walked away with packages.
Phone scammers are continuing to target Crown Heights residents, using threats and gruesome images to scare their victims. Multiple recent reports of these scams have been reported, using sophisticated methods to trick their targets, as well as threats to the victims person and family.
Car side-view mirrors, they are the new trend for thieves in Crown Heights. At least three incidents of side-view mirrors stolen from parked cars have been reported in Crown Heights in just a few weeks.
A local Jewish resident caught a man breaking into his car in Crown Heights Tuesday afternoon. Thanks to Crown Heights Shomrim the man was caught and arrested.
A realistic phone scam targeting Crown Heights residents has been reported in the Jewish community. Crown Heights Shomrim has published an alert warning the community to stay vigilant and not fall victim to the scammers.
A trio of teen muggers were stopped cold Sunday night after attempting to mug two Jewish men in Crown Heights. The victims were able to identify one of the three would be muggers, who was placed under arrest.
Another Crown Heights resident became the victim of a car vandalism Thursday night, after an unknown person smashed the rear window of his car. The incident appears to be vandalism and not a car break-in, as the car did not appear to be rummaged through, and nothing appeared to be stolen.
A Crown Heights bochur working out in a Crown Heights Gym this week, was the victim of an unprovoked attack by a man using anti-Semitic slurs. The police were called, and the man arrested.
Four cars were vandalized in the early hours of Tuesday morning on New York Ave. The vandal went on a stomping spree, caving in a hood and three windshields.