Cars vandalized on Montgomery Street

September 29, 2008 3:46am: Crown Heights Shmira received a call from a concerned resident who saw a suspicious looking man looking into cars on Montgomery between Brooklyn and Kingston Avenues. Shmira members responded and canvassed the area. There were two suspicious males wondering in between cars on Montgomery Street and on Crown Street. Shmira members checked all the vehicles on both blocks confirming that there was no damage on any of the vehicles at the time. Shmira members remained on the block for some time until the suspicious men left and then continued their patrol.
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Graffiti on Crown Height home

September 28, 2008 6:00pm: Crown Heights Shmira received a call from a Crown Heights resident that noticed some graffiti painted over the sign in front of 370 Crown Street between Brooklyn and New York Avenues. Shmira members responded and canvassed the block. After affirming that this was an isolated case on the block the members advised that a Police report should be made.

Advisory: If there is graffiti on your property and you wish to have it removed call 311 without delay. Graffiti free NYC does not remove graffiti during the winter months. Click here for further information about Graffiti Free NYC
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Thank You letter from grateful resident

I would like to thank Crown Heights Shmira for helping me out last Motzei Shabbos. I called the Shmira hotline saying that my bike had just been stolen and Shmira responded with dozens of Unit’s. They canvassed the area for 3 hours looking for my bike, but the thief was gone. The story doesn’t end there, the next day I saw the thief with my bike on Montgomery St., so I called Shmira again and when I hung up the phone with the Shmira Dispatcher, there were already Shmira units on scene chasing the thief. I was also chasing the thief while screaming Chaptzem & Help.
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Break in to Kehal Chassidim

Some time this afternoon, a burglar broke into The Kehal Chassidim Shul at 1612 Carroll Street, and tore the Poroches off the Aron Kodesh in an attempt to break in to the safe that holds the Sifrei Torah, but Boruch Hashem did not succeed, the Burglar also managed to break the locking mechanism of the main Tzdaka Pushka but was still unable to figure out how to open it, during the burglary Chumushim Talaisim and Sidurim along with the cover of the Bima were also thrown on to the floor. someone noticed that the Shul was in disarray and called Crown Heights Shmira and 911, a thorough search of the Shul was conducted, but the perpetrator was gone, Police are investigating.
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Shmira retrieves stolen bike

Saturday, September 20, 2008 10:00pm: A bochur went inside a house on Crown St. (between Brooklyn and New York) leaving his bicycle outside for under a minute but when he returned, the bike was gone. He immediately called Shmira and flagged down a passing Police car and both Shmira members and Police responded and canvassed the area searching for the bike without luck.

The next day, the bochur noticed an African American male, around 20 years of age, walking the bike on Montgomery Street near Albany Avenue. The bochur followed from a distance while he dialed the Shmira hotline. Shmira members responded and approached the suspect on Montgomery Street near Troy Avenue. Upon seeing the Shmira members the suspect dropped the bike and fled. Shmira members followed the suspect to 825 Crown Street, between Utica and Rochester Avenues, where he fled into an apartment in the building. Police arrived and advised the complainant that in the event that he sees the perpetrator on the street, he should call Shmira and 911 and the perpetrator will be placed under arrest.

Shmira respond to assault

Thursday, September 11, 2008 6:45pm A crown Heights resident noticed an African American male dragging an African American female down Crown Street near Albany Avenue. The resident immediately called a friend who is a Shmira volunteer and told him what was going on. The Shmira member, who was not in the area at the time, immediately relayed the information over the radio. Shmira members responded and witnessed the man smashing the woman’s head into the cement before dragging her into 555 Crown Street. Read more

MEZUZA THIEF STRIKES AGAIN

Sunday, September 7, 2008 5:50pm: Crown Heights Shmira received a call on the hot-line from a Crown Heights resident requesting help to file a Police report regarding a stolen mezuza. The resident, who lives at 1442 Union Street had last seen her mezuza on Friday. She recalled reading on Shmais.com that Shmira had responded to a call where mezuzas were stolen in another building on Union Street within the past week. The resident whose mezuzas went missing over Shabbos called Shmais.com to inform him of the fact. Shmais.com advised the resident to call Shmira. Read more

Biased vandalism in Crown Heights

Wednesday, September 3, 2008 approximately 5:30pm: A Crown Heights resident came home and found that his mezuza (religious scroll that is traditionally placed on the doorposts of every Jewish home) was missing. Upon further examination he realized that his neighbors’ mezuza was missing as well. The resident, who does not speak English very well and was unfamiliar with the procedure, called Shmira and asked that they send a volunteer to help him file a Police report. A Shmira member responded and advised the resident to call 911 and remained on scene to help translate when needed.
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Important Advisory to all Bikers

Tuesday, August 26, 2008 approximately 9:30pm:A young bochur riding his bicycle on Albany Avenue near Empire Blvd was stopped by a Police Officer due to the fact that he was riding on the sidewalk. The bochur, who does not speak English, did not understand why he was stopped and when the Officer asked him for identification he did not understand what the Officer wanted from him. The Officer responded by threatening to arrest him. A passerby noticed what was transpiring attempted to explain to the bochur to show some identification. The Officer was ungrateful for this and threatened the passerby that if she continued to interfere she would be arrested for Obstructing Governmental Administration. The passerby called Shmira and Shmira members responded. The members on scene explained to the bochur what was occurring and the bochur furnished his identification. The officer wrote the summons and was on his way. Read more

Thank You letter to Shmira coordinator

Subject: Shmira came to my house this morning

Hey Yossi,

I left the door to my house wide open!

My older sister who has Downs Syndrome has been visiting with me for a week. she was scheduled to leave from Newark yesterday and when we drove down from the Monsey area – we could not find the airport… it was like it was hiding so my sister could stay an extra day… so I re-scheduled her and the only flight they would give me without charging another full fare was 6:15 this morning. I was determined to get her there on time, but I still wanted a few hours sleep so we left the house at 4:15. She takes extra time at both check in and security. Two hours was definitely doable but I knew I had to stay focused to get everything to run smoothly.
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