Perhaprs it’s the new bail-reform law or not, but Flatbush Shomrim has been working overtime to keep the community safe. In under 12 hours, 6 criminals were arrested for various crimes. It began at around 2:30AM Thursday morning, when volunteers on patrol witnessed a well-known suspect breaking into multiple vehicles on East 28th Street near Avenue R. The man eventually tried stealing a car and had already started the motor. The NYPD’s 61 Precinct responded and took the man into custody. He was in possession of around 5 pairs of high-end sunglasses as well as other items that he had stolen from the vehicle. On Thursday at around 11:00AM, the Shomrim hotline received a call reporting a man who had broken into a vehicle on East 27th Street near Avenue J. Shomrim responded and found the man walking on Avenue J towards Nostrand Avenue. He walked into Bash Pizza, took a fire extinguisher and walked outside the store where he began spraying it into the air. The NYPD’s 70 Precinct arrived and promptly took the man into custody. YWN notes that the viral rumors on social media that this was a hate crime or that the man sprayed the extinguisher into peoples faces inside the store, are 100% false and typical WhatsApp fake news rumors. Just minutes later, Shomrim received a hotline call reporting packages being stolen on East 28th Street near Avenue S. Shomrim arrived and witnessed three suspects in two vehicles stealing packages. They were followed while the NYPD’s 63 Precinct arrived. They were taken into custody on Schenectady Avenue and Avenue J. Both vehicle were impounded as well. In this incident, the caller had incredible footage from their “Ring” camera. Shomrim suggests that residents get security cameras on their homes. At around 2:30PM, Shomrim volunteers spotted a vehicle with a driver who have been plaguing area shuls with burglaries over the past few months. Shomrim is aware of more than a dozen shuls that were burglarized by this suspect. Shormim received many reports of this suspect engaging in other crimes as well. Additionally, Flatbush Shomrim has continued their foot patrols following the recent uptick in anti-Semitic attacks. Yesterday. Just after midnight, we received a call for a pair breaking into vehicles in the area of Quentin Road and East 8th Street. Great #TeamWork with @NYPD61Pct led to them both being arrested. #HereForYou #AroundTheClock pic.twitter.com/lMmmKFSZq4 — Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol (@FlatbushShomrim) January 9, 2020 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. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

There seems to be no end in sight as the anti-semitic attacks keep occuring. The latest incident occurred on Monday afternoon at around 7:30PM on Avenue O near East 8th Street – in the heart of the Flatbush Jewish community. In this incident, a 17-year-old was walking on the street, when an individual approached him, flashed a knife and yelled “Hey Jew-Boy”. There are at least 4 Shuls in a two block radius of this location. The NYPD is investigating the incident. Bob Moskovitz, Executive Coordinator of Flatbush Shomrim tells YWN, that Shomrim have since stepped up their patrols, and has now started “foot patrols” all around Flatbush. Shomrim volunteers were spotted on Tuesday walking on Avenue J, Avenue M, Kings Highway, Avenue U and Coney island Avenue on Tuesday. 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. SIGN UP NOW TO RECEIVE THESE UPDATES IN LIVE TIME VIA WHATSAPP! Signing up is simple. Just click on this link, and you will be placed into a group. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Shomrim in Williamsburg, Flatbush, Boro Park, Crown Heights, Far Rockaway and Staten Island receive many calls each morning from people reporting that their cars were broken into overnight. It’s a daily occurence, and as much awareness as Shomrim does for the community, people seem to never learn one thing: LOCK YOUR CARS! An overwhelming majority of these break-ins involve vehicles which were left unlocked. The few that were locked, the drivers had left a phone on their seat, a laptop bag on the seat, a wallet sitting there, or a GPS device on the dashboard – prompting a perpetrator to smash the window for the item. Shomrim volunteers in Williamsburg last night drove around on just seven streets and tried car handles and found a whopping 67 cars unlocked! The volunteers locked the cars and left this flyer on the windshield. While people love to complain that the NYPD does not protect the streets, it would pay for vehicle owners to take the simple and most preventable measure againt break-ins by LOCKING THEIR CARS. 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. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Boro Park Shomrim hosted an impressive lineup of NYPD brass at their headquarters, Wednesday afternoon. The meeting focused on the recent spike in hate crimes, general crime prevention, and continuing the incredible working relationship that Shomrim already has for decades with the NYPD. Every Precinct Commander in Brooklyn South was in attendance, as well as the Counterterrorism Unit, SRG, and NYPD Deputy Chief Charles Scholl. Boro Park Shomrim responds to dozens of hotline calls each day, and is responsible for dozens of arrests each month. They work closely with their sister-organizations, the Shomrim Organizations in Flatbush, Crown heights, Williamsburg, Staten Island and Far Rockaway. Each night, selfless volunteers patrol their neighborhoods ensuring that criminals are arrested by the NYPD, and keeping crime down in their communities. YWN spoke with Chief Scholl who had nothing but praise for the hard work that Shomrim do, and said he wished them a Happy New Year and a safe Holiday season. *****SIGN UP NOW —- GET YOUR NEWS IN RECORD TIME***** Make sure you are one of the more than 22,000 that signed up to YWN WhatsApp Status to receive news in live time. Click this link – or send a message to 1-888-4-YW-NEWS (888-499-6397) – to see our status posts***** Very productive meeting at #Shomrim HQ w/@NYPDBklynSouth Chief Scholl along with local Precinct commanding officers from the #62Pct, #66Pct, #68Pct and #72Pct, #SRG and #CT, where we discussed important community related issues. #NYPDprotecting #WorkingTogether #CommunityPolicing pic.twitter.com/ct7xAzUIdw — 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐫𝐢𝐦 (@BPShomrim) September 18, 2019

In just 12 hours, volunteers from Boro Park Shomrim successfully assisted in apprehending four criminals off the streets of Boro Park. The arrest rally began at around midnight (Thursday morning), when Shomrim received a hotline call reporting a man shoplifting At Shoprite on Avenue I and McDonald. The NYPD was contacted and the suspect was taken into custody. Early Thursday morning, at around 3:00AM, Boro Park Shomirm volunteers on patrol witnessed a suspicious man walking in the vicinity of Fort Hamilton Parkway near 42 Street. Just minutes later, they watched him break into a home nearby. The NYPD’s 66 Precinct responded, and the suspect was taken into custody. At around 12:00PM on Thursday, Shomrim received a call reporting that a delivery man had stolen $600 cash while making a delivery from a home near 59 Street and 16 Avenue. The suspect was watched from a distance until the NYPD arrived and the man was taken into custody. And finally, on Thursday afternoon, at around 1:00PM, a van belonging to a landscaping company was stolen at 51 St and 13 Ave in Boro Park. The owner called the Shomrim hotline and thanks to fast acting Shomrim volunteers, the van was tracked and the suspect was arrested by the NYPD at 3rd Avenue near 49 Street. Boro Park Shomrim remind residents to always call 911 and then immediately contact Shomrim on their 24 hour emergency hotline at 718-871-6666. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Even if you live in Flatbush, you probably do not know this, but in just a few hours, Flatbush Shomrim volunteers helped the NYPD apprehend numerous criminals from the streets – and over the past few days – even more. In the first incident, Shomrim received a call at around 8:00PM Thursday night reporting a man that was walking house-to-house trying front door handles. Volunteers watched the man from a distance for over an hour, starting at Avenue P and East 18 Street. The man eventually gained access into an office near Kings Highway and East 2nd Street. He was taken into custody by officers from the NYPD’s 61 Precinct. Sources tell YWN that the suspect has been arrested 15 previous times, 13 of them for felony offenses. Additionally, YWN has learned that Detectives are attempting to ascertain if he is responsible for a home invasion last month in the area of Avenue S and East 2nd Street. In the second incident, at around 11:00PM on Thursday night, Shomrim received a call reporting a person walking on Avenue N and East 27 Street and trying car handles. After observing him for a short time, he was taken into custody by the NYPD’s 70 Precinct. At around 2:30AM on Friday morning, Shomrim members patrolling the area witnessed two suspicious males walking on East 26 Street between Avenue L-M. They were seen walking up driveways and trying car handles. They eventually gained access to multiple vehicles, and were taken into custody by the NYPD’s 70 Precinct on East 26 Street between K-L. On Friday morning at around 11:30AM, Shomrim received a call from a local resident stating that his car was broken into on East 28 Street between Avenue J-K and a credit card was stolen. The card was used under 10 minutes later at the Target on Nostrand Avenue near Avenue H. The victim tells YWN that he was unloading his car, and was away from his car for under two minutes when the crime occured. Unfortunately, the suspect was way too fast for Shomrim or Police to apprehend him. Earlier this week Flatbush Shomrim had a man arrested for breaking into vehicles on East 28 Street near Avenue P, and in another incident two suspects were arrested on Avenue M and East 15 Street.  Additionally, Flatbush Shomrim volunteers earlier this week successfully found a missing elderly woman who suffers from dementia. Shomrim has dozens of volunteers patrolling the streets of Flatbush 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 the 24 hour Shomrim hotline at 718-338-9797. At 8:30pm, we received a call for a subject acting suspiciously on East 18th St. Our #SharpEyed volunteers kept an eye on him and eventually #ColdBusted this wanted career criminal breaking into a house. @NYPD61Pct made the arrest. #HereForYou #FightingCrime #KeepingEveryoneSafe pic.twitter.com/XE3K3HxPMd — Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol (@FlatbushShomrim) June 21, 2019 On Tuesday at approx 1am, our #NightWatch units out there #KeepingAnEye, observed a pair breaking into multiple vehicles on East 16th Street. #WorkingTogether with responding @NYPD70Pct officers, led to them both being arrested. #TeamWork #AlwaysOutThere #ItsWhatWeDo pic.twitter.com/PbcBCBdjKa — Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol (@FlatbushShomrim) June 20, 2019

A burglar assaulted two NYPD Officers in Boro Park, as cops tried to take him into custody, Wednesday afternoon. The incident unfolded when a homeowner called the Shomrim emergency hotline and reported a burglary. The caller said that a man just broke into his home on 53 Street between 18th and 19th Avenues, and that he confronted the suspect, asking him what he was doing there, to which he responded “I’m looking for someone”. The suspect then fled on foot. Police were immediately notified, and Shomrim began canvassing the area. They eventually found him on 20 Avenue and 54 Street. Police were notified where the man was, and attempted to stop him on 58 Street and 20 Avenue. Instead of complying with officers, the suspect fled on foot. He was apprehended on the same street, and began throwing punches at police officers. Additional officers responded, and the man was placed under arrest. Boro Park Hatzolah was called for the two injured officers. One was transported to the hospital by Hatzolah, and the second officer was treated on the scene and released. He was expected to be charged with burglary as well as assaulting police officers. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

A man stole a van, burglarized a home, and tried stealing a second vehicle before being caught – thanks to fast acting members of Boro Park Shomrim. On Tuesday afternoon, a Shomrim volunteer driving down 59 Street between 18th and 19th Avenues, came across an abandoned van parked in middle of the street with the motor running. The Shomrim member walked over, and not finding anyone inside, asked a construction crew working there if they knew whose van it was. They responded that a man simply stopped the van, jumped out, and ran. The NYPD was called, and police quickly determined that the van had been stolen from a lot on 65 Street. Meanwhile, as police were continuing their investigation, Shomrim received a call on their 24 hour hotline stating that a person was sitting inside a parked car in their backyard. Shomrim volunteers responded and found a man sitting in the vehicle. Meanwhile, additional Shomrim members began securing video camera footage from homes on 59 Street, and immediately saw that the driver of the van was the same individual sitting inside the vehicle in a backyard. Additionally, they found video footage of the same suspect breaking into a home on 59 Street. He was reportedly inside the home for at least 5 minutes. The suspect was taken into custody by police, and was charged with burglary, and grand larceny auto. Sources tell YWN that the suspect has previous arrests, including one for possession of a firearm. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

While many people were either getting ready for Yom Tov, or others planning their last short Chol Hamoed outings, dozens of members of Flatbush Shomrim were busy searching for a missing person – and made a tremendous Kiddush Hashem in the process. Shomrim received the call on their hotline for the missing person, Thursday morning, and along with the NYPD, launched an early-morning search for the 82-year-old  alzheimer’s patient that went missing in the area of Avenue U and East 4 Street. The missing person was not a member of the Jewish community, but that makes no difference to Shomrim, who treated this missing person with the same sense of urgency as if this were a Jewish person. Shomrim volunteers canvassed the area for nearly two hours, while nervous family members assisted the NYPD and Shomrim with any details they could. Shomrim worked diligently as they recovered security camera footage from multiple cameras in the area, as they worked frantically to track her movement. Thankfully, that paid off, and she was located by the NYPD and Shomrim, and reunited with her family, who could not stop thanking Shomrim for their outstanding work. Boro Park Shomrim volunteers assisted in this search as well. Just an incredible Kiddush Hashem – see the video below! Missing found! pic.twitter.com/aRrjoQE30c — Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol (@FlatbushShomrim) April 25, 2019 (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

A man was arrested on Monday for trying to lure children in the vicinity of Avenue N and East 17 Street. Sources tell YWN that people had called Flatbush Shomrim and the NYPD multiple times in the past few weeks reporting incidents of the same man attempting to give children candy and toys. The man did this at least five times in the past 4 weeks. Thankfully, on Monday afternoon, Flatbush Shomrim spotted the man, and police took the suspect into custody. Please speak to your children about the dangers of talking to strangers. This is a classic example of a strangers offering candy to children. #JustNow: After receiving numerous complaints over the past few weeks for this perv driving around giving out candies and toys- attempting to lure children, he was taken into custody by @NYPD70Pct on East 17th Street. #HereForYou #FightingCrime #KeepingEveryoneSafe #ItsWhatWeDo pic.twitter.com/Fcc91Qjp93 — Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol (@FlatbushShomrim) April 8, 2019 This incident followed a night where four people were arrested in Flatbush. In the first incident, three suspects were arrested on Avenue N and East 21 Street for graffitiing multiple construction sites at around 12:45AM. At 12:30am, our members out on #NightPatrol in the area of Avenue N and East 21st Street, observed a trio vandalizing private property with graffiti. @NYPD70Pct was notified and all 3 were subsequently arrested. #EyesAndEars #AlwaysOutThere #CleanerStreets #GraffitiFreeNYC pic.twitter.com/vPJGhnn8h3 — Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol (@FlatbushShomrim) April 8, 2019 That followed by a man taken into custody for breaking into a vehicle at around 1:30AM. This subject was arrested just after 1am by @NYPD70Pct, after our alert #NightWatch members that were on patrol #ColdBusted him breaking into a vehicle on Avenue I. #KeepingAnEye #WorkingTogether #FightingCrime #WhileYouSleep #ItsWhatWeDo pic.twitter.com/N1cHB0e77k — Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol (@FlatbushShomrim) April 9, 2019 Shomrim has dozens of volunteers patrolling the streets of Flatbush 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 the 24 hour Shomrim hotline at 718-338-9797. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Three different NYPD Precinct Commanders have commended Shomrim in the past three days. The NYPD 61 Precinct Commander James King tweeted this morning that “Shomrim is an invaluable asset to the NYPD and we appreciate all you do!” King was referring to an incident early (this) Wednesday morning, when Flatbush Shomrim members patrolling in the frigid weather (24 degrees!) watched a man breaking into vehicles on Quentin Road and East 21 Street. The man ran into a building on the corner of Ocean Avenue and Quentin Road, but was taken into custody minutes later by fast responding NYPD 61 officers. The suspect had an outstanding warrant in addition to his new charge. In the nearby NYPD 70 Precinct, Commander James Palumbo tweeted how he was joined by members of Shomrim at the Community Board Public Safety Committee meeting “working together to keep our community safe”. Palumbo attends these meetings to update the community of the latest crime stats. The Community Board invited Shomrim to do the same since their members are on the streets in the dead of night, assisting in making many arrests each month. Shomrim Coordinators gave a presentation to the Board about the latest crime in the area that they encountered, and suggestions for deterrence. Meanwhile in the Boro of Staten Island, NYPD 121 Precinct Commander Matthew Harrington was grateful for the assistance that Shomrim of Staten Island provided at a Hachnosas Sefer Torah this past Sunday. Shomrim around NYC respond to dozens of calls each day, and are responsible for countless arrests. In the month of February, Shomrim collaborating with the NYPD made a total of 31 arrests. These arrests were made in Williamsburg, Boro Park, Rockaway Nassau, Flatbush, Crown Heights. Thank you to @flatbushshomrim for helping us apprehend this individual wanted in connection to a stolen vehicle. Shomrim is an invaluable asset to the NYPD and we appreciate all you do! pic.twitter.com/crPja0uJPC — NYPD 61st Precinct (@NYPD61Pct) March 6, 2019 Joined by members of @FlatbushShomrim at tonight’s #CB14 Public Safety Committee meeting working together to keep our community safe. pic.twitter.com/ZplAphXTfg — NYPD 70th Precinct (@NYPD70Pct) March 5, 2019 Working together with our community partners to keep everyone safe #TeamWork https://t.co/eWPO0wA5V8 — NYPD 121st Precinct (@NYPD121Pct) March 5, 2019 #February. Thanks to #GreatWork by the dedicated #Shomrim volunteers + solid #Collaboration w/@NYPDnews officers, 31 suspects were arrested.@WspuShomrim-12@BPShomrim-9@RockawayNassau-5@FlatbushShomrim-4@ShomrimCH-1#CommunityAndPolice #FightingCrime #UnitedShomrim #KeepItUp pic.twitter.com/BtTKvYhAr3 — 2 Patrol (@2_Patrol) March 5, 2019 (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)