Safety Alert

Throughout this past week there have been both attempted and successful robberies/burglaries. The first 2 incidents happened on Saturday night. A young man was walking home when he was approached by two male blacks. One pointed a gun at him and demanded money. The young man notified them that he does not carry money on Shabbos and therefore he has nothing on him so they patted him down to verify his claim. Shortly thereafter two male blacks approached a couple as they were entering their apartment and showed them a firearm demanding that they hand over their money. The woman was pushing a stroller with her baby inside and at one point the gun was aimed toward the baby. The man handed over close to $300.00 in cash and the pair went on their way.
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Shmira apprehends burglar

Saturday, January 2, 2009 at around 9:30pm, a Shmira unit was sitting in his neighbors house, on Crown street between Troy and Albany Avenues, when family members keeping an eye on a live video feed from security cameras in the back of their house saw a black male attempting to gain entry to the house via the basement door as well as the garage. They immediately notified the Shmira unit and continued observing as the black male moved on to the house next door, the Shmira units home.
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