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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.
Crown Heights, NY [CHN] The Shmira/COP hotline rang yesterday afternoon with a frantic caller on the line reporting that he had put his four pairs of Tefillin and a very expensive silver crowned Talis down on a chair, near his basement apartment door, located on Crown Street between New York and Nostrand Avenues, just one minute earlier, so he can go in and retrieve some luggage, only to find them missing when he returned.
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Friday, September 11, 2009 12:50pm: A Crown Heights resident, gazing thru the window noticed two African Americans attacking a young Jewish girl knocking her to the ground, grabbing her bag and fleeing. All this occurred outside the girls’ house on the corner of Crown Street and Albany Avenue.
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Dear District Attorney Hynes. |
It has come to our attention that an utterly repugnant incident accordingly took place in Crown Heights, whereby a group of around four or five unruly black thugs viciously attacked an innocent religious Jew within the vicinity of President St., between Kingston Ave. and Albany Ave.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — Last week, a concerned neighbor called Shmira/COP when he saw a black female attempting to gain entry into his neighbor’s house. Upon arriving, Shmira/COP 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.”
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — A Crown Heights resident on his bicycle was followed in to the alleyway next to his garage when suddenly he was pelted with glass bottles and stones by a group of three black youths, apparently this were an attempt to steal his bicycle.
The incident took place last night, Wednesday, at around 11:00pm in the alleyway of Crown to Montgomery Brooklyn to New York at the Bike Gemach.
The group of thugs surrounded the Lubavitcher and began threatening him, they attempted to gain entry to his garage where bicycles are stored. The resident pulled out his phone and called Shmira causing the three black youths to flee.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — A Crown Heights teen assaulted by another youth got help from Shmira members who assisted cops in catching the attacker, the victim said yesterday.
William Jones-Brown, 17, jumped from between two parked cars and punched Mordechai Spielman, 15, who was walking on Montgomery Street near Brooklyn Avenue at 11 p.m. Tuesday, police sources said.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — Thursday afternoon, a few minutes after 2:00 PM residents walking on Albany Avenue noticed a Black minor knocking a broomstick into a moped parked on the sidewalk. The owner of the moped was alerted and immediately ran up to the minor and held him for the police. Residents passing by called Shmira and stated that a victim of a mugging is holding the perpetrator.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — Over this past Shabbos an SUV parked on Union Street between Kingston and Albany Avenues had its window smashed, airbag stolen, along with personal belongings left in the car valued at thousands of dollars, including two pairs of Tefillin in a leather bag, a Garmin GPS unit and a recently purchased laptop computer.
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Police bringing the car thief to the 71st prescient inset and the broken window of the car.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — At approximately 9:20pm Monday evening the Shmira/CHSP hotline received a call that three Bochurim were chasing a Black male who had just broken into the vehicle belonging to the father of one of the Bochurim, on Eastern Pkwy between Kingston and Brooklyn Avenues, and has stolen the GPS navigation unit along with other items.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — A Bochur was assaulted earlier this afternoon, on Lincoln Place and New York Avenue. As the Bochur was walking he was attacked from behind, by a Black male who put him in a headlock and broke his glasses.
The Black male creeped up from behind and put the Bochur in a head lock, in an attempt to steal his iPod. After a brief struggle the Bochur managed to break free and get away from his attacker.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — 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.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — At 12:15pm Thursday afternoon Shmira received a call from Women's World on Kingston Avenue, that a black female took items off the shelf, placed them in her bag and walked out of the store.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — At about 10:25pm Wednesday night Shmira-CHSP received a call on the emergency hotline from a sharp eyed Crown Heights resident, who witnessed a black male smashing the window of a car parked on Carroll Street between Kingston and Brooklyn Avenues and stealing a GPS navigation unit that was left mounted on the windshield.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — At around 3:30pm Wednesday afternoon Shmira/CHSP received a call from Empire Kosher, that they had spotted a shoplifter inside the store. Just as Shmira/CHSP members began to arrive on scene they spotted the female shoplifter attempt to make her getaway with the store manager on her tail. As luck has it a police officer on foot patrol happened to be passing by right in front of the store.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — Three weeks ago our dear friend Terrence (Derrick) Nelson, the infamous perpetrator terrorizing our residents cars, was spotted in Crown Heights and is believed to come back every night and break into residents cars and steal expensive valuables. Since Nelson was spotted dozens of cars were broken into, the most recent one last night.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — A routine ride on the Community Council's Crown Heights – Boro Park bus took a turn for the worse Monday afternoon. A glass bottle was hurled at the bus, going right through one of the windows and striking two of the passengers, injuring them.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — Sunday morning at around 9:00 AM 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 4th floor and that he didn’t live in the building and didn’t look to good either.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — For the third time in two months, a Crown Heights resident on his way out for Ma'ariv noticed that his Mezuza was missing. The resident ran back in to his house and immediately called Shmira. Shmira members arrived and assisted the resident until the Police arrived.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — Earlier this afternoon, at around 5:30pm a shoplifter walked into Young Timers Clothing Store on Kingston Avenue and attempted to shoplift some clothing, when the store owner realized they chased him out of the store and he took nothing.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — On Thursday evening Shmira received a call that there was a group of disorderly black youths damaging property in the alleyway of Kingston to Brooklyn, Crown to Montgomery (Zakon's Toy store alleyway). Shmira Members quickly arrived on scene and discreetly observed the group for a few minutes, at that point all they were doing was skateboarding so Shmira members approached and notified the group that the alley was private property, the youths then left with no further incident.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — Gemach owners and large chesed organizations have issued warnings not to be fooled by various imposters who claim they represent the organizations and gemachim and wish to cash forged checks as well as pretend to be collectors for the gemachim.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — Early Monday morning at around 3:46am 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.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — 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.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — Motzoei Shabbos at around 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.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — Thursday, September 11, at around 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.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — Sunday at around 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.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHN] — Wednesday, at around 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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Click here to download the Crown Heights Shmira Report in PDF format.
Dear Community Member,
It is my pleasure to provide you with the Shmira report. Crown Heights Shmira Safety Patrol is a volunteer organization with its mission to provide safety and security to the Crown Heights residents. Over the past 40 + years, Shmira has volunteers who patrol the streets acting as the eyes and ears for the NYPD. Shmira’s marked cars with amber lights deter crime, and provide a sense of security to the Community.
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.
My sister walks down stairs very carefully and slowly. I went to fetch the car and told her to take her time with the stairs. I made a mental note that I would have to go back up to lock the door. When I pulled up with the car and helped her get in – I was so focused on getting to Newark on time – I forgot about locking the door and did not even look back to notice it had been left totally open.
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