Thanks to volunteers from Flatbush Shomrim, multiple arrests were made in a string of crimes plaguing the neighborhood so far this week.

It began on Motzei Shabbos on East 34th Street between Avenue K and L, when a female driver travelling at a high rate of speed slammed into parked car. She attempted to drive away, and struck numerous other vehicles in the process. Approximately 10 vehicles were struck.

The vehicle was apprehended by Flatbush Shomrim volunteers nearby on venue L.

Shomrim quickly gathered security camera footage of the crash, as well as the information of all the owners of the vehicles and witnesses. By the time NYPD arrived, all information was handed over to police for their report.

The driver was taken into custody.

On Sunday night, as most people were lighting their Menorah for the first time this year, Shomrim volunteers left their homes to a hotline call reporting a man that had stolen an expensive pair of sunglasses from a glasses store on Nostrand venue near Avenue M.

Thanks to a fast response, the suspect was taken into custody minutes later.

Sunday. Our members responded to a 5pm hotline call for a perp that stole an expensive pair of glasses from a local glasses store. #WorkingTogether with @NYPD70Pct resulted in his arrest and goods returned to the rightful owner. #AnsweringYourCall #FightingCrime #ItsWhatWeDo pic.twitter.com/RdS9wFnTYt

— Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol (@FlatbushShomrim) December 24, 2019

On Monday night (early Tuesday morning), Shomrim volunteers noticed a female suspect trying car handles and walking up driveways on East 4th Street near Quentin Road. After following her from a safe distance and observing her enter multiple vehicles, the NYPD was called. She was taken into custody on Ocean Parkway and Avenue S. She has a long arrest-record, and is well-known to Shomrim for stealing packages from the front doors of homes.

2:30am. our volunteers out on #NightPatrol in the area of Quentin Road and East 5th Street, #ColdBusted this suspect breaking into vehicles. They kept an eye on her until @NYPD61Pct officers arrived and made the arrest. #EyesAndEars #Partnership #AlwaysOutThere pic.twitter.com/sXY5qCPLXP

— Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol (@FlatbushShomrim) December 24, 2019

Literally minutes after that arrest, at around 2:30AM, another Shomrim volunteer saw a suspicious person walking on East 8th Street near Kings Highway. seconds later, he began trying car handles and going up driveways. He was eventually arrested near Avenue M and East 14 Street (on Elm Avenue). In addition to his new charges, the suspect was wearing a $2,000 winter jacket, and the NYPD was trying to see if it belonged to a victim of a car break-in from earlier this week.

While most were asleep at 3:30am, our volunteers that were out #OnPatrol had a pickup of a male breaking into vehicles on East 9th Street and Avenue N. @NYPD66Pct was notified and an arrest was made. #KeepingAnEye #WorkingTogether #SaferStreets #WhileYouSleep pic.twitter.com/fMp1vOifW5

— Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol (@FlatbushShomrim) December 25, 2019

Just last Thursday, Flatbush Shomrim apprehended three suspects breaking into numerous vehicles on Quentin Road and East 2nd Street.

Yesterday. Our #NightWatch volunteers out at 2am, #ColdBusted this trio breaking into vehicles in the area of East 2nd Street and Quentin Road. @NYPD61Pct #AntiCrime was notified and ultimately took all 3 into custody. #EyesAndEars #OutAndAbout #TeamWork #WhileYouSleep pic.twitter.com/fRkMTmHCTV

— Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol (@FlatbushShomrim) December 19, 2019

On Sunday, Shomrim received a call on their hotline reporting an elderly woman that had gone missing on Avenue J. After a short but intense search by more than a dozen volunteers, the woman was located and reunited with her family.

Shomrim has received many additional reports of cars broken-into and packages stolen all around the neighborhood, but unfortunately, the perpetrators managed to get away.

Shomrim has dozens of volunteers patrolling the streets of all neighborhoods while the community is asleep, and are responsible for many arrests that many never get to hear about.

Shomrim reminds the community to always call 911 immediately if you see something suspicious, and then call your local 24 hour Shomrim hotline. The Flatbush number is 718-338-9797.

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