In a video tweeted by Yaacov Behrman, dedicated member of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council, a perpetrator climbs through a window into a private Jewish home in broad daylight. “When I was a child”, writes Behrman, “almost everyone in Crown Heights had window bars on their homes. They are much less common today” • Watch
Police in Lauderhill, a city in the Miami metropolitan area, launched an arson investigation after one of their cars was set on fire outside a Chabad shul late Wednesday night • Full Story
A young Jewish man was the victim of an apparent attempted robbery Tuesday morning on Montgomery between Kingston and Albany in Crown Heights, when three black males approached the victim and brandished a gun. According to sources, no words were exchanged between the aggressors and their victim, likely because the victim began fighting back before they could make their demands • Full Story, Video
Earlier today, a part of Kingston Ave was blocked up following a reckless car crash by a group of teens who stole a car and then ran away after they crashed it • Watch
The New York Police Department’s chief chaplain, Rabbi Alvin Kass, was mugged Tuesday during his daily early morning walk on the city’s Upper West Side • Full Story
A crew of men robbing neighborhood businesses at gunpoint hit up two more spots in Crown Heights, bringing the total number of stick-ups in one week to five, police said • Full Story
Baby boy to: Menachem and Esty Sheinberger – Crown Heights
Baby girl to: Meir and Chanie Levinger (nee Richler) – Yerushalayim, Israel
Baby girl to: Chagai and Dassie Meffi (nee Richler) – South Beach, FL
Baby girl to: Raziel and Netanya Cohen – Randolph, NJ