Two Young Girls Attacked In Crown Heights
Crown Height, Brooklyn - A man attacked two young girls in broad daylight Wednesday afternoon, and in a relatively central area. The victims, an 11 year-old black girl and a 9 year-old Jewish girl, were both attacked within a span of 10 minutes. Video surveillance shows the suspect casually walking away from the scene.
Crown Heights Shomrim were the first to receive the call and immediately dispatched tens of volunteers to the scene. The assailant was described to Shomrim as a black male, ...
FSSP Apprehends Bike Thieves
On Monday May 31st, at about 7:00PM, Flatbush Shomrim received a call about two male whites walking into driveways near the corner of Avenue L & East 9th street. Responding members followed these two individuals while observing them lurking around. As they approached Ocean Parkway, members of the Boro Park Shomrim joined in. Forty five minutes into the surveillance the two individuals entered a garage on Ocean Parkway and stole two mountain bikes.
After verifying with the property owner ...
Flatbush Shomrim Arrest For Car Break-In
This past Monday evening at around 3:30AM a Flatbush Shomrim member on routine patrol observed a suspicious male walking up driveways at the corner of Avenue S & East 23rd street. After a half hour of observation the male white went into a car and stole change. Minutes later the perpetrator walked up yet another alley and stole a bike. The perpetrator was arrested by responding officers from the 61st precinct.
(Eli Gefen - YWN)
Flatbush Shomrim Protects Our Parks
Flatbush Shomrim busted a drug dealer in the Colonel David Marcus Memorial Playground on Avenue P between & East 5th street.
On May 23rd, 2010 the Flatbush Shomrim received a tip that drugs are being sold to minors on the playground. Members of Shomrim responded to investigate. After a three hour surveillance of the alleged perpetrators members of Shomrim observed drug dealing in the midst of the park with hundreds of children of all ages enjoying the outdoors with their ...
BP Shomrim Foils Attempted Auto Larceny
Boro Park Shomrim’s emergency line rang early in the morning, the caller anxiously reporting of two young men breaking into a car on 42nd Street between 16th and 17th Avenues. Several units immediately sprang into action, hurrying to the location in the murky predawn hours. As the members rolled onto the scene, the two were still in the car, just about to drive off and escape.
The Shomrim members quickly blocked the car in from all directions, and the pair took off running. Units quickly ...
Mail Theft In Baltimore
Recently, there have been a large number of thefts of individuals personal mail directly from their mailboxes by perpetrators in the late afternoons and night time in our service area.
Given the rates of Identity Theft (approximately 1 in 4 individuals per year) homeowners are strongly advised to:
1.Retrieve your mail as early as possible each day.
2.Secure your mailbox or consider purchasing a new high-security mailbox.
3.Make arrangements with the postal service to hold your mail ...
BP: Attempted Robbery & Home Invasion
BP Shomrim received a frantic call yesterday; as a woman screamed hysterically that someone was breaking into her house. While the dispatcher helped her regain her calm and relate her address information, units from all over Boro Park immediately dashed to the location. Almost instantly, several members showed up at her house, with the caller remaining hidden inside.
The perp was standing at the side entrance to her home. Beating the door with his arms and legs, he was trying to break open ...
FSSP Say: Bully No More
Over the past few days Flatbush Shomrim has received complaints from residents that teenagers walking home from school assaulted them for no apparent reason. Flatbush Shomrim advised them and their neighbors to immediately call 911 and the Shomrim 24 hour emergency hotline number if they see them again.
Just a day after the complaints came in Flatbush Shomrim received two additional calls for assault in progress coming from the same teenager. A teenager walking home from school assaulted an ...
PHOTOS: WSPU Apprehends Burglar
[PHOTO LINK BELOW] At least 7 Williamsburg homes have been burglarized in the past 2 weeks, and Williamsburg Shomrim (WSPU) were working to have the suspect stopped. The man was also stealing from local stores early in the morning - before they opened. A partial description, and license plate were all they had.
On Tuesday afternoon, a Shomrim member saw a vehicle driving down a street matching the description.
They began to follow his vehicle, while the NYPD was notified.
The suspect ...
BSSP Apprehend Shoplifter
Early Tuesday afternoon, Eichlers Judaica on 50th Street and 13th Avenue was bustling with customers, with dozens of people in the store preparing for the upcoming yom tov. Amidst all the activity, a salesperson, going back and forth for the shoppers, noticed a woman lurking in the same corner every time he returned. His suspicions aroused, he kept his eye on her, as other customers milled around. He quickly realized that every time the area around the woman cleared out, she would attempt to ...
Baltimore Shomrim Blotter 5/09/10
The following was submitted to YWN by Baltimore Shomrim (05/09/10):
If you, or anyone you know, has been the victim of recent crime, please let us know! We are working with police to insure that all crimes are reported and logged correctly. In order to solve the problems, we need your help to identify them correctly.
Our Northwest District has had the largest spike in crime in all of Baltimore City. And we are seeing an increase in what we refer to as "Shoppers" - people who come into the ...
FSSP: Illegal Vendor Taken Off Streets
Flatbush Shomrim were notified that an illegal vendor was selling videos to minors on Avenue J. During Flatbush Shomrims initial investigation two minors approached the vendor and purchased videos without even being questioned about their age. Flatbush Shomrim immediately notified the 70 precinct. Members of the 70th precinct responded and confiscated the videos which included several "inappropriate" videos. The vendor was given numerous criminal summonses. The vendor has not been back ever ...
Two More Arrests In Flatbush
As we announced previously, the Flatbush Shomrim increased their patrols due to a rash of car break-ins. The Flatbush Shomrim made two more arrests of long time car thieves this past Thursday night.
At about 2:00 AM Flatbush Shomrim apprehended one person on the corner of Avenue R & East 21st street after breaking in to three vehicles.
That same morning at 5:45 AM another person was caught in a car after Flatbush Shomrim followed him and notified 911. He was apprehended at Ocean ...
LCSW Apprehend Bike Thief
Lakewood, NJ - A local resident who's bike had gone missing earlier Wednesday afternoon, spotted a Hispanic male walking with it on Wednesday evening in the area of East 4th and Ridge. He attempted to follow the suspect, but lost sight of him.
The resident then alerted an LCSW member who in turn alerted additional LCSW members to the area to help look for the suspect with the bike.
A short while later, after combing the area, one of the members spotted the male with the bike a few blocks ...
FSSP Apprehend GPS Crook
Late Tuesday evening, members of Flatbush Shomrim apprehended a suspect on Avenue S and East 12th Street for breaking into a vehicle and stealing a GPS.
Shomrim have increased their patrols in the area, following a rash of car break-ins in the past few days.
(Eli Gefen - YWN)
BP Shomrim Nab Local Vandals
Late last week, a passerby on 21st Avenue and 57th street, saw three young men enter a Viznitz school bus, and called Shomrim to report the break-in. Moments after, the first member arrived at the location alongside the Washington Cemetery, and observed one of them attempting to forcibly remove the radio from the vehicle. He radioed for more backup, and units started rolling in quickly. As the perps realized they had been caught, the three of them slipped out of the bus in an effort to run and ...
Flatbush Shomrim Nab Predator
Thanks to a previous alert by the Flatbush Shomrim in educating the public, residents are realizing the importance of reporting predators. In a continued effort to keep our families safe of predators the Flatbush Shomrim successfully took another criminal off the streets.
A male white noticing a female standing outside her home pulled up alongside her in his vehicle. The male "presented himself" very inappropriately. The female called the Flatbush Shomrim after the fact but managed to get ...
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