SHMIRA RETRIEVES STOLEN BICYCLE

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 – 11:50am: A Crown Heights resident living on Balfour Place between Lefferts Avenue and Empire Boulevard looked out of his window and noticed two African American males and one female throwing a bicycle over the fence surrounding the backyard of 485 Brooklyn Avenue and then riding off on the bicycle. Acting quickly, the resident called the Shmira hotline and also began filming with his camera. Shmira members responded and one member began reviewing the footage while the others began to canvass the area in search for the bicycle and perpetrators. Within a minute one of the members canvassing noticed a Bicycle, that matched the description sitting on the ramp outside of IS 61/MS 61, the Public School located on Empire Boulevard between New York and Nostrand Avenue. The member communicated his findings over the radio and another Shmira member picked up the witness and proceeded over to the Public School. Read more