Thanks to the incredible and diligent work of Boro Park Shomrim, a suspect was arrested for stealing an expensive Shtreimel off a man’s head this past Shabbos.
Boro Park Shomrim tell YWN that a suspect driving a moped approached a Hasidic man walking on 53 Street near 11th Avenue on Shabbos, and asked him a question. As can be seen in the security camera footage below, the suspect returns from behind, grabs the Shtreimel, and speeds off.
After Shabbos, Shomrim volunteers worked for 18 hours straight, going (literally) house to house, searching camera to camera, until they located the home where the suspect went into.
On Sunday afternoon, at around 4:00PM, the NYPD Hate Crimes task Force met Shomrim volunteers near the home in the vicinity of 14th Avenue and 72 Street, and armed with a warrant, knocked on the door and arrested the suspect.
The Shtreimel was in his possession and was retrieved by Detectives.
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4 Responses
I think the best punishment is to have him dress up wearing that streimel and walk in those flooded Arab areas….
Slap on the wrist, a fine and he’ll walk.
Interesting that the police won’t do the work that shomrim did.
I just hope the video wasn’t actually on Shabbos, and am assuming as such, for the sake of being dan lekaf zechus…