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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BURGLAR APPREHENDED FOR MULTIPLE HEISTS

Sunday, December 13 2009, 9:00PM: A crown heights resident spotted a suspicious male black on Eastern Parkway near Kingston Avenue pushing a baby stroller full of Judaica items, including Chanuka Menorahs and a bag from Hamaifitz. The resident called the Shmira hot-line. The first Shmira members on scene spotted the suspect approaching Albany Avenue. The members approached the suspect and attempted to start a dialogue however the suspect immediately dropped the stroller and began to flee down Albany Avenue toward St. Johns. In the interim the suspect removed his jacket and hat, attempting to make it difficult for him to be identified. Shmira members gave chase and flagged down an NYPD patrol car. Read more

Another positive result produced thru the working relationship between the 71st Precinct and Shmira

This past Thursday a Crown Heights resident returned home located on President near troy Ave. and realized that his basement apartment had been burglarized, his laptop computer and other personal belonging were stolen. The victim called 911 and made a police report. The victim and the police determined that the burglar must have been very small in size because the only possible point of entry was a very small window.
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Young Jewish girl attacked

Friday, September 11, 2009 12:50pm: On Friday afternoon, a Crown Heights resident happened to be looking out of a window and witnessed two African Americans attacking a young Jewish girl. They knocked her to the ground, grabbed one of her shopping bags and ran away. All this occurred outside the girls’ house on the corner of Crown Street and Albany Avenue. The girl had been running an errand for her mother when this occurred. The witness immediately called Shmira and Shmira members responded right away.
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Shmira Helps Nab a Burglar

Last week, a concerned neighbor called  Shmira when he saw a black
female attempting to gain entry into his  neighbor’s house. Upon arriving,
Shmira members observed the women trying to  open the basement door with
burglar tools.  When approached, the woman  claimed that “she just left a
shelter and that the house was really hers.”   The house was a newly renovated
house on eastern parkway-whose owner was known  to Shmira. Read more

Shmira Helps Nab Thug Involved In Hate Crime At Chovevei Torah

This past Sunday as Bochurim were sitting and Learning in Choivevei Torah On Eastern Parkway near Albany Avenue, a large brick came crashing in to the first-floor classroom, striking a Bochur in the head. The Bochur sustained deep cuts and lacerations to his head, requiring multiple stitches to control the bleeding.

A group of three Black teens came onto Yeshiva property, brick in hand and threw the brick through a low window at a Bochur, who was sitting a mere 3 feet from the window. Read more

Shmira Makes a huge catch

At about 10:25pm Wednesday night Shmira received a call on the emergency hotline from a sharp eyed Crown Heights resident, who witnessed a black male smashing the window of car parked on Carroll street between Kingston and Brooklyn avenues and stealing a GPS navigation unit that was left mounted on the dashboard, the witness advised Shmira that he was following the perpetrator , Shmira members quickly responded and joined in the chase, and nabbed the most notorious Car Burglar in the Crown Heights area Terrance Nelson, on Union street Near Albany avenue.

Shmira immediately called NYPD and held the thief till the police arrived, when the responding Police officers searched the perpetrator they found on his person the stolen GPS unit along with burglary tools.
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lost and found

Sunday, January 25, 2009 9:00am: Shmira received a call from a resident of an apartment building located at 672 Empire Blvd. The caller stated that there was a black male teenager sitting on the stairs on the 4^th floor and that he didn’t live in the building and didn’t look to good either.

A few Shmira members responded and found the teenager to be foaming a little from the mouth, sitting next to a helmet and bag with some of his belongings. After starting a dialog with the young man the Shmira members found him to be mentally challenged. Read more

Shmira assists with evacuation during fire

Tuesday, December 18, 2008 at approximately 7:00pm: A fire broke out at 763 Eastern Parkway (between Kingston and Brooklyn Avenues), an apartment building that is occupied by numerous residents. The fire broke out in an apartment on the fifth floor.

Shmira, FDNY and Hatzalah were immediately called. A Shmira member who was first on scene ran up to the fifth and sixth floors and assisted residents in evacuating their apartments. FDNY responded and had the fire, which was confined only to one apartment, under control within minutes. A Shmira member, who is also an EMT treated one of the fire fighters who was slightly injured while extinguishing the blaze.
Thank G-d there was no serious injuries.
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