Wheel Theft of the Day: Montgomery Street
The latest car to be victimized by the wheel thieves, who are operating with impunity and devastating vehicle owners all over Crown Heights, is a brand new Honda Civic belonging to Rabbi Yehudah Clapman, a local Sofer.
The thieves stole the wheels some time in middle of Wednesday night (or early Thursday morning), while the snow storm raged outside. They left the car suspended on crude cinder blocks.
These brazen thefts have been occurring on a regular basis and will continue until the thieves are caught. The targeted cars have been mostly new and in the upper range, though some older and cheaper vehicles have fallen victim as well. Honda Civics in particular seem to be a frequent target.
In the meantime, be sure to protect your vehicle in as many ways as possible so you do not become a victim. Anti-theft lug nuts and car tilt alarms are two examples of relatively simple safety measures that can be added to a vehicle.
Remember, even if an added security measure isn’t 100% foolproof, it will still likely deter thieves from targeting your car and cause them to move on to an easier target.
Yitzchok and Esther Michael
they should just catch them already
Previous Victim
This happened to me, when I went to meet the “detective” and show him the video I had of the theft, he didn’t seem to interested. He told me if I got any better footage maybe he can do something.
Isn’t the “detectives” job to get video & evidence?
This will keep happening until we do something about it. The 71st precinct is not gonna do anything.
Car
Looks like a honda accord
sick
what r the police doing abt it?????
Anonymous
I’ve noticed that it’s certain type of cars and this Honda Civic type is one of them.
honda accord
its a honda accord and its been a whole bunch of accords that are getting their tires stolen
bh
its so sad that its called “wheel theft of the day” !!
Yossel
4 wheel disc brakes
jewish dude
This is totally not acceptable but this seems the norm in this neighborhood. We need more shomrim an police patrol.
anonymous
the police have to do a better job in catching these theives, this been going on to long.