Burglar Apprehended By Alert Residents, and Traffic Cop

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A man was surprised when he walked into his house and found a man, who definitely did not belong there, roaming around. When asked what he was doing there he bolted, and fled.

The incident took place in a house on Carroll Street, just off Kingston Avenue. The suspect, a black man in his mid 30’s and around 6 feet tall, fled after being confronted. A chase ensued, and the suspect fled down Kingston with many more joining the chase.

An alert traffic enforcement agent saw the group running is his direction, and grabbed the suspect and pinned him to the ground and called for police backup. Police took over 6 minutes to respond, and when they did they promptly arrested the suspect.

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26 Comments

  • go CH!!!

    6 minutes to respond? shameful. the precinct is only about 2 blocks away from that corner!!

  • moshiach tzieten

    wow a trafic cop that did something for the good of the people. moshiach tzieten

  • yaaaaaay

    wow numbers and sizes… nice upgrade

    finally a traffice agent who is “giiving back” to his comunity he takes so much from

  • Douhnut

    That cop is going to get a free doughnut tonight in Donkin Doughnuts!!!!

  • sdf

    same traffic agent who gave me a traffic ticket in a nasty way…now i forgive him.

  • sooooooooooo long

    i cant believe it took so long for the cops to respond ? really shameful

  • The Guy With the Dog

    I don’t think your description of the burglar was necessary. How often are the burglars in CH anything else?

  • we need more cops

    tell the mayor we need more cops…the city isnt hiring and they want to fire cops

  • cl

    what a miracle that this man wasn’t hurt, the robber could have had a weapon!

  • Mendy Hecht

    Leave it to Mayor Mike–I’ll bet that traffic cop really just wanted to give the guy a ticket for parking in a house without a car.

  • Juan

    Traffic Cop:

    Yay! Those quarters they take from us actually worked this time!

    Still, you can go…. somewhere else, parking ticker cop.

  • Ari

    Be careful how you talk to traffic cops.
    You never know …………………

  • PROBLEMS PROBLEMS

    HOW LONG WILL THEY KEEP HIM BEFORE LETTING HIM OUT AGAIN IN THE STREET?

  • CH GUY

    hey nice of the traffic cop – nice move – guys look – he’s just doing hos job. He probably works just as hard to make an honest living. Probably feels bad he gives tickets but thats his JOB and 99% of the time we are probably in the wrong – its not easy here but it is what it is.

  • Chani

    Hey, I don’t live in CH, but every time I visit, I see frummies park their cars of Kingston Av, without putting a quarter in the meter…. until Moshiach comes, we are obligated to follow rules of the countries we live in!

  • awacs

    “until Moshiach comes, we are obligated to follow rules of the countries we live in!”

    Source?

  • awacs

    “HOW LONG WILL THEY KEEP HIM BEFORE LETTING HIM OUT AGAIN IN THE STREET?”

    Which ‘HIM’? Do you mean the traffic agent, or the crook? :-)

  • reply to awacs...

    dee-nei d’mal-chu-sa di-nah – translation, in rome, do as the romans… you are obligated to follow the rules of the place you live in…

  • awacs

    “dee-nei d’mal-chu-sa di-nah – translation, in rome, do as the romans… you are obligated to follow the rules of the place you live in…”

    Uh, I asked for the source of that statement in normative Halachah, which you didn’t provide because there *isn’t* any. I wasn’t asking for an explanation.

    And, oh yeah, in Rome they worship J.C. and hang out in the Vatican. So, when I’m in Rome, I should do the same?

  • yitzchak

    Thumbs up to the Traffic officer.
    All his colleagues should learn from him and Stop harassing NYC with tickets.

  • smarti teen=)

    we as jews go according to halacha…and this means paying the annoying meter,if not its as if your stealing money from the government.
    c.h. is just as safe as everywhere else in ny there is bearly never any major incedents that happen here its only minor things that go on in ch