Yeshiva World News

Three Back To Back Assaults In The Flatbush Area

Three back to back assaults end with an arrest through the keen eyes of members of the Flatbush Shomrim. At about 9:30AM this morning a Rebbe at a local Flatbush Yeshiva was walking to work on Bay Avenue off  Avenue M when a male approached him demanding money. When his demands didn’t come fast enough and with resistance the perpetrator knocked the rebbe to the ground giving him several blows to his face. The rebbe was transported to the hospital. The Administration at the yeshiva ...

Important Alert From Flatbush Shomrim; Protect Your Children

Pedophiles Beware: The Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol continues to have a zero tolerance policy for Pedophiles, Predators and Abusers. If you feel the need to abuse or behave inappropriately against someone, get help now!  Therapy will help you. If you don’t get help, you will be caught. When a call comes into our hotline we will respond and find you. In accordance with Daas Torah, you will be arrested and prosecuted. Parents Beware: The summer months are approaching and our children will ...

Prevent Yourself From Driving With A Suspended Drivers License

Brooklyn - Each year hundreds of people within our community are arrested while driving with a suspended drivers license. The Department of Motor Vehicles can suspend you driving privileges for a variety of reasons. The most common ones are failure to answer a traffic summons, pay the fine or surcharge listed on the summons. This suspension will remain in effect until you correct the condition that led to the suspension. We have seen all too often how hard working individuals that neglect to ...

UPDATED: Attempted Abduction Of Child In Boro Park - 1 Arrest Made

7:25PM EST: [UPDATE BELOW] Dozens of NYPD officers & members of Boro Park Shomrim (BSSP) are on the hunt for a black SUV wanted for an attempted abduction just moments ago. Although details are still sketchy, BSSP tell YWN the following initial information: The incident occurred on 48th Street between 15th & 16th Avenue's at approximately 6:15PM (Thursday afternoon). A dark colored SUV driving down the street suddenly stopped, and two males with a dark complexion attempted to ...

Flatbush: Hundreds of Volunteers Assist In Search For Missing Child On Yom Tov

Hundreds of members of Hatzolah, Shomrim, and ordinary civilians joined forces on Monday evening to assist in a search for a missing autistic child. The call came into Hatzolah & Shomrim at approximately 6:00PM on the second day of Yom Tov, and by the time it was over more than 1000 people participated in the search. The 12-year-old child went missing from his home in the area of Ave P and Ocean Parkway, and for the next 5 hours, volunteers searched every single block in Flatbush, ...

UPDATED: Shomrim Conducting Search For Missing Person In NW London

[THE MISSING PERSON HAS BEEN FOUND] A young man went missing from Kisharon Day School on Monday. He responds to the name [name has since been removed], and went missing at 2pm today. He has severe autism and has no road sense or sense of fear. He is 18 years old, 5 ft 8 in height, Chassidishe in appearance [long curly Peyos] and is wearing black trousers, a black jumper, white shirt and a black yarmulke. He was last seen at 2:00PM at Kisharon Finchley Road. If seen Please call Shomrim ...

Williamsburg Shomrim Nab Juvenile Mugger

A kid mugger who preys on Chasidic women in Williamsburg held up a mother pushing her baby in a stroller yesterday -- only to be nabbed minutes later by Williamsburg Shomrim (WSPU), police said. "Give me your money!" 12-year-old punk Shy-kym Samuels demanded -- pointing the barrel of a disguised cap gun at the woman's face -- at around 9:45 a.m. on Wilson Street between Lee and Division avenues, cops said. The frightened woman, 34, who had her 2-year-old in a stroller, gave him her ...

London Shomrim NWCP Save Mother & Daughter from a Man Wielding Knife

The man wasn’t wearing fancy dress and the knife he was brandishing  - with an 8 inch blade - as well as the evil looking dog were for real. Events played out in Bell Lane, North West London, at 4pm last Sunday afternoon were not part of a Purim shpiel and had it not been for the speedy intervention first of Shomrim North West Community Patrol and soon afterwards of local police officers, the outcome might have been very different. After the suspect threatened an old man and pursued a ...

PHOTOS: Flatbush Shomrim & NYPD Arrest 3 Suspects For Mugging Yeshiva Student

[YWN PHOTO LINK BELOW] Three thugs have just been arrested for mugging and assaulting a 12-year-old Yeshiva student, thanks to the great work of the Flatbush Shomrim Safety patrol (FSSP). At approximately 9:15PM, the three suspects approached the 12-year-old walking home on East 28th Street and Quentin Road, threw him to the floor, and began going through his pockets and demanded money. He responded that all he had was his cell phone. They continued to shake him up, and threatened that he ...

PHOTOS: Baltimore Hatzalah, Shomrim & Chaverim Work Through Blizzard

[PHOTO LINK BELOW] Baltimore, MD - The Mayor of Baltimore has declared a phase III snow emergency, as the blizzard of 2010 continues slamming Baltimore with 2 feet of fresh snow, high winds and blizzard condition. This did not stop any of Northwest Baltimore’s emergency agencies from responding to those in need. This evening, during the worst of the storm Hatzalah received a priority one call. Hatzalah responders along with Baltimore City Fire Department Engine 45 and Medic 14 arrived ...

TONIGHT - Flatbush Shomrim Bike Registration Program

If you are a resident in Flatbush, and your children own bicycles, make sure to attend the annual NYPD & Flatbush Shomrim Bicycle Vin Etching Program - being held tonight (Wednesday). The program will be held from 5:00PM - 7:00PM at the corener of Avenue L & Bedford Avenue (side of PS 193). If a stolen bike is recovered by Shomrim, they will be able to locate its proper owner through the numbers etched in your bike. This will be the only Vin Etching Program in the Flatbush area with each ...

Boro Park Shomrim Registers 2,500 Bicycles!

(Click HERE for photos) More than 2,500 bicycles were registered this past Sunday at the annual Brooklyn South Safety Patrol/Boro Park Shomrim's Bike Registration Day/Carnival - with more than 5000 people attending the event. The patrol has been doing a Bike Registration Day every year for the past 12 years – and has really caught on in the last few years, with thousands of children and adult bicycles registered. Bike registration functions not unlike the way state registration of cars ...