A young man was walking down Carroll Street between Kingston and Albany Avenues on Thursday at approximately 3:45 pm when two thugs jumped him from behind.
One perpetrator placed him in the a chokehold while yelling instructions to his partner, saying “take his wallet, take his cell phone.”
The victim could not breathe and let them take his belongings without putting up a fight.
After robbing their victim, the duo took off running toward Kingston Avenue.
Moments later, the victim regained his breath and began chasing his attackers screaming “Chaptzem”. One passerby heard the screams for help and immediately tackled the perpetrator who was passing in front of him.
The stolen cell phone and wallet were recovered. A group gathered around but while they were waiting for the police to arrive, the perpetrator gave them the slip and began running up Kingston Avenue and made a right onto President Street with a group of locals in close pursuit.
At that point the Shmira hotline received multiple calls from passersby about the commotion. As Shmira Members responded to the location, a suspect matching the description was spotted on President Street near Troy Avenue.
When Shmira members attempted to question the suspect he took off running.
Shmira members chased and cornered him in front of 1629 Union Street between Troy and Schenectady Avenues. Police drove the victim to where the perpetrator was being held and after the victim positively identified the suspect as one of his attackers, he was placed under arrest and is being charged with robbery.
The Second Perpetrator is a male black in his low to mid twenties, slim build, short hair and was wearing a grey and white pinstriped sweater at the time of the robbery. He had fled in the opposite direction on President Street and made a left down Brooklyn Avenue and is still at large as of the publishing of this article.
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DO NOT TURN YOUR BACK TO A THUG.
That’s why he run off, or could have done something worst. Everyone had to surround him while in the floor and kept 2 eyes on him.
under this Mayer crime has risen dramatically (especially in crown heights), unfortunately we will have to suffer another 3 years. It was known all along that De Blasio was a radical leftist who wanted to restrain the NYPD. but if more Jews would have voted for bill Thompson his democratic opponent(by no means a perfect candidate, but he’s someone that takes crime seriously) at the primaries, there would have been a fair chance De Blasio would have not gotten the required 50% needed to avoid a runoff,and with the jewish community support Bill Thompson could have beaten De Blasio in… Read more »
LYING thru his teeth, unbelievable how the perpetrator becomes the victim nebach, in no time…. thank you Shmira and NYPD for quick action and arrest
every time i hear about a story like that in NY shmira 99.9% of the time catches the theif
brave, devoted and capable in protecting us.
thankyou for using your great qualities for ahava and shmiras yisroel.
Did he say my grandmother did
So stupid the way he ran off, no one was watching him… out of the 20 ppl watching
She said he seemed decent and “nice” The Rebbe writes about the difference between “good” and “nice” Why didn’t they surround him when they had him at the scene?
Is he lying through his teeth? He’s hilarious! Deserved a whack on his face and on his bottom!!
911 first.
these animals know its a joke. they will be out in no time! poor police are scared themselves. these animals need a taste of their own medicine, beat the hell out of them!
Why is the 71 prescient throwing the case under the carpet?
Why is this not a hate crime?
he looks like a decent guy. I guess the wallet and phone were found after the video stopped running? What about assault charges?
charged with robbery….question…’resisting arrest?’ Best thing is to beat the H-ll out of him.
BS”D may Hashem The Freidiker Rebbe and the Rebbe protect the Schuna and its residents
it’s funny cause evreyone is saying that france is terrible and so dangerous but I see that in crown heights evrey week something happens chas vesholom it sounds scary more than france
right outside ps 91 on corner of albany and maple one student shot another and escaped…was quite a scene…seriously this is the neighborhood we live in…
Shmira was magnificent if not for them the thug would have ran off . These guys are so brave.
love you guys
being a resident of crown heights we have to make sure to stay away from physical ppl. hope he learns his lesson!
The best part is they arent in the least disturbed by the fact they’re caught.. They know they’ll be out in no time.
Why is he being arrested only for robbery? Hhe strangled his victim???
The conviction system is twisted when a Jew does a crime he gets the highest possible sentence Why?
That’s so scary thank you Shmira always!
Like cheetahs or heynas mamosh niflois haboireh
AMAZING!!
Great job all the random people that helped.
Special thanks to Crown Heights Shmira for actually catching this bad guy..