CROWN HEIGHTS SHMIRA

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Sunday, August 3, 2008 8:30pm:A Crown Heights Shmira member, patrolling on Eastern Parkway between Kingston and Brooklyn Avenues, witnessed two African American males snatch a bag from a passing woman. The two men were sitting on a bench drinking beer, when the unsuspecting woman passed by. The Shmira member immediately alerted other members of the condition and approached the two perpetrators requesting they remain seated until the Police arrive.
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Friday, August 1, 2008 approximately 12:00 noon: Crown Heights Shmira received a call that there was a yungerman (young man) being placed under arrest as the result of a dispute over a parking spot. Shmira members arrived on the scene just as the NYPD patrol car was pulling away with the yungerman, leaving his wife weeping on the side of the road.

Shmira transported the woman to the Station House and numerous senior members began making phone calls to different people to find out what this yungerman was being charged with and to inquire how they can insure that this yungerman will not be held at Central Booking over Shabbos. Many phone calls later, the yungerman arrived home right as Shabbos was coming in (the end of the 18 minutes).
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Friday, August 1, 2008 approximately 1:15pm: Crown Heights Shmira received a call that a children’s School bus was involved in an accident with another car on the corner of Carroll Street and New York Avenue. Shmira members responded and Hatzalah was dispatched. Shmira members arrived on scene and were informed by witnesses that a silver car had tried to cut off the School bus as it made the turn from New York Avenue onto Carroll Street. There were no children on the bus and Thank G-d no one was injured.

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