CROWN HEIGHTS SHMIRA

Friday, July 11, 2008: Its only minutes before candle lighting time and in the heart of Crown Heights, one frantic mother can’t find her 8 year old child. After one and a half hours of searching the house the woman dials 911. Several Officers respond and begin searching the house, when suddenly the mother remembers another instance where she needed assistance and Shmira had come to give a hand. She calles Shmira and multiple members respond. A senior Unit, who was not on scene helps coordinate the call and relates about a previous case where a child had gone missing and was later found under his bed. The senior unit requests a very thorough search of the house.
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Friday, July 11, 2008: At approximately 7:30pm a Crown Heights resident parking his car in the alleyway situated between Montgomery Street, Empire Blvd., Brooklyn and New York Avenues noticed four suspicious looking African American children lurking in the alleyway. The resident decided to keep an eye on the suspicious bunch and it paid off when they walked in to one of the houses and exited with a scooter. The resident began following them and when they noticed him they began to run. The resident followed them into the Mobile gas station located on the corner of Empire Boulevard and New York Avenue where they sought safe haven.

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