Attempted burglary in Crown Heights

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 1:00am: A bochur sitting on his friends’ porch, across the street from his house on Balfour Place, noticed two African American teens approaching his house. They opened the gate surrounding his porch and one of them crept onto the porch and while still crouching, peered into the window. He turned and stated to his accomplice “the mom’s home, we can’t go in now”. Hearing this the bochur began crossing the street toward his house. The teens noticed the bochur and began to flee. The bochur started chasing the teens and called Crown Heights Shmira however he lost sight of them near the corner of Lefferts and Kingston Avenues.
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ULY School bus driver assaulted over a mirror

Monday, August 11, 2008 2:45: A United Lubavitch Yeshiva school bus, occupied with children, was driving down the service lane on Eastern Parkway between Kingston and Albany Avenues when it passed a car that was parked at a fire hydrant. The bus driver thought he may have touched the car so he got out to take a look. The driver then went back into the bus for a moment and the owner of the car, thinking that he was leaving, began to make a scene. The bus driver stepped out of the bus and was confronted by the driver of the car. A dispute ensued, resulting in the bus driver’s foot being injured by the car owner.

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Mugging on Crown Street

Sunday, August 10, 2008 at approximately 8:00pm: A Bochur walking on Crown Street near Troy Avenue heard footsteps from behind and as he turned around he was hit. He saw 3 African American males and they all began hitting him and threw him to the ground while continuing to hit him. The muggers took his cell phone and wallet then fled on Troy Ave towards President Street. The victim made his way down Crown Street where he encountered a passerby who called Crown Heights Shmira.
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Woman mugged on Eastern Parkway

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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Erev-Shabbos chaos in Crown Heights

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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School bus involved in accident

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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Mugging on President Street, Crown Heights

Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:30am: Crown Heights Shmira received a call that a Bocher (young student) was talking on his cell phone on President Street between Albany and Kingston Avenues when two African American males jumped him. One of them approached him from behind grabbing him around the neck while the other one grabbed his feet and together they knocked him onto the ground. One perp covered his mouth, asked if he had any money and uncovered his mouth for one moment to hear the answer, “no money”. They checked all of the Bochers’ pockets and when they failed to find anything fled across the Street toward Troy Avenue.
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One Arrest for Hit and Run in Crown Heights

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:45pm: Shmira received a call from a witness that an elderly man was hit by a car on the corner of Brooklyn Avenue and Crown Street. The caller stated that as he was passing by that corner he was flagged down by an African American in a blue convertible who told him what had transpired and pointed out the car, a black Acura. Seeing the elderly man on the ground the passerby took off after the Acura Chasing it until the corner of Brooklyn Avenue and Rutland Road where he managed to cut him off blocking his way. Another Good Samaritan helped by blocking the car from the rear.
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Armed mugging in Crown Heights

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 approximately 12:40am: A young bocher walking along Crown Street between Troy and Schenectady Avenues noticed two suspicious looking African Americans walking nearby. As he passed the pair they jumped him and brandished a handgun demanding his money and began assaulting the bocher, inflicting scratches and bruises. The bocher immediately began to yell and scream on the top of his lungs while attempting to defend himself against the two perpetrators. Read more

Shmira members prevent a mugging on the streets of Crown Heights

Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:59pm: A young girl walking in the alleyway between New York and Brooklyn Avenues Montgomery to Crown Streets was approached by a Hispanic male, around twenty five years of age, who yelled at her “Don’t move, don’t move”. The girl was frightened and began to run away with the man running after her. The man chased the girl onto her property where she began screaming for help. Her brother hearing her screams immediately called his friend, a Shmira member and asked for help. The Shmira member got on his radio and requested immediate assistance from other members to check out a possible mugging.
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