SHMIRA RETRIEVES STOLEN SCOOTER

Friday at approximately 5:20pm a young boy entered the Bargain Center located on Kingston Avenue between Crown and Carroll Street leaving his scooter unattended outside the store. Moments later, upon exiting the store the scooter had disappeared.

The boy called Shmira. Shmira members arrived on scene, called 911, got a description of the scooter and immediately spread out canvassing the area in search for the scooter. When Police arrived they stated that the boy would have to come down to the precinct later on with his parents to make the report since they were unable to make the report in the absence of his parents. Meanwhile multiple Shmira volunteers were diligently searching all the streets and alleyways in the neighborhood. After an hour and a half of searching one of the volunteers found the scooter abandoned on Crown Street near the entrance to a house. The boy was called and his scooter was returned to him. Read more

SHMIRA HELPS FIND MISSING BOY

Thursday, May 29 at approximately 9:10pm the Shmira hotline rings, a worried mother is on the other line she doesn’t know where her son is. He didn’t come home after school. The dispatcher gets a description and broadcasts it over the air. While units are canvassing the area trying to locate the boy, one of the units head over to the complainants house to get a photograph and more information. Behashgocho Pratis (By Divine Providence) one of the units was standing near one of the missing boys’ teachers, who made some phone calls and successfully found the boy.

Picture of the Day

this picture was taken by shmira press division at 298 Brooklyn Ave

the sign was hung up by Geoffrey Davis brother of James Davis.

Shmira Advisory Report

Today, Thursday May 22 at approximately 4:30pm a male black entered sweet expressions a candy store on the corner of Kingston Avenue and Union Street and attempted to steal the pushkas (charity boxes) from the counter. The cashier acted quickly and called the Police. The black man realized that the Police were approaching and left the pushkas inside the store. Since he did not leave the store with the goods he technically did not steal and consequently the Police were unable to make an arrest.

This is the same man who Shmira had caught and was arrested by the NYPD this past Tuesday, May 13^th for stealing Pushkas from Empire Grill. Shmira is asking all storeowners and residents of Crown Height to be on the alert for this man (see photo below). This man is a repeat offender and we don’t know what else he is capable of.

REMEMBER:

If you are in a store and suspect someone of shoplifting keep in mind that he must leave the store with the merchandise before he can be arrested and charged for theft.

CROWN HEIGHTS MULTI-CULTURAL CO-OPERATION SAVES GIRL

Early Friday morning, May 2^nd, a girl was walking from the subway station and forced at knifepoint to enter an apartment building where she was taken to the top of the stairwell. She screamed for help as the perpetrator began to unfasten and strip her of her jeans.

The building, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, is home to a mixture of predominately Black residents, and a few Chassidic Jews. The screams were heard by a Chassidic man living on the top floor. Well aware that he would be intervening in a scenario outside of his own culture and therefore could be risking his own life, he took his phone in hand and ventured out to trace the screams. Announcing first “Are you in need of assistance?” Leonid Yavich frightened off the assailant and called 911. “At first I chased the criminal,” said Yavich. “I realized I could not catch him, so I went back and waited with the girl. She was hysterical. The police came quickly. A detective called me the next day to confirm the details. He was very emotional when he told me that I literally saved the girl.” Both the assailant and the victim were Black.

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SECURITY INCIDENTS DISCUSSED AT OPEN MEETING IN CROWN HEIGHTS

After Maariv on Sunday night, a meeting was called to bring together residents of Crown Heights who are concerned about the deteriorating security in the neighborhood. Assemblyman Dov Hinkind came to the meeting to hear first hand the concerns of the residents and to give his analysis and suggestions.

More than a hundred men crowded into the living room, dining room and hallway of the house on Carroll Street near NY Avenue where the meeting took place. In attendance were Chanina Sperlin, Liebish Nash, Eli Slavin and Levi Huebner.

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Down syndrome boy attacked, Police let attackers go!

Sunday, May 18, 2008 at approximately 3:00pm a 15 year old Jewish boy, who suffers from Down syndrome was walking home from school when two African American teenagers approached him on Carroll Street between Troy and Schenectady Avenue and asked him for his money. When he replied that he had no money the perpetrators proceeded to move toward him in a threatening manner at which time the boy began running with the perpetrators close behind him giving chase. The Down syndrome boy running away from his attackers tripped and fell on the ground. Just as the two perpetrators were closing in upon the boy a passing motorist noticed the boy being chased from afar and immediately pulled over to help the boy. Upon his arrival the perpetrators got scared and ran away. The witness called Shmira and members responded within seconds. The Shmira members together with the witness took the boy into the vehicle where he would feel a bit safer and began questioning the boy for a description of the perpetrators. A block later on Carroll Street between Schenectady and Utica Avenue the boy noticed the perpetrators standing outside one of the houses. 911 was immediately dispatched and Shmira members kept an eye on the perpetrators until the Police arrived. Read more

SHMIRA NABS PUSHKA THIEVES

At around 9:15pm Monday night, two male blacks entered a restaurant on the corner of Empire Blvd. and Kingston Ave. and stole several pushkas. A crown heights Shmira member that was in the restaurant realized what was happening and immediately called for backup. Multiple Shmira units responded and started following the perpetrators until the Police would arrive. The Shmira units followed the perpetrators to Kingston and Lefferts Ave. were the perpetrators realized that they were being followed and split up. The Shmira units responded quickly by forming two teams to follow the perpetrators separately. One of the perpetrators ran to East New York and Albany Ave. where Police and shmira apprehended him and placed him under arrest and found that he was in possession of a weapon. The other one was followed until Crown St. and Troy Ave. where he was apprehended and arrested by Police and shmira.

photos by Zelig Shaul.

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Shmira helps cops apprehend African-Americans who assaulted man in front of 770

At approximately 5:00 pm Tuesday evening a 50 year old man was resting on a bench in front of 770 when for no reason he was viciously attacked beaten and cut with a sharp object, by a group of 6 African American males.

Crown heights shmira was called and immediately responded to the scene, units gave chase to the group of attackers and called NYPD. At some point the attackers, thought that they were no longer being followed and sat down on a bench, Shmira members remained hidden from view while another member flagged down a Police car.

The victim positively identified four of his attackers and they were placed under arrest.