A video has been released of a 19- year old Jewish man being robbed at gunpoint in the heart of Crown Heights at 7:00 pm on Sunday evening.
The victim was walking on Union Street near Albany Avenue, when two men sitting in a parked car got out and held a gun to his face, he said.
The thieves were described as black males, 6’2 and 6’3, police said. They were wearing black and blue hoodies, and their faces were covered by medical masks, the victim’s family told COLlive.com.
The thieves pointed a gun at the victim’s face and demanded that he open his phone, transfer money to their cash app and Venmo accounts, and then took a photo of his ID. The incident took about 15 minutes, he said.
They then stole his phone and wallet and got back into their vehicle and drove off Eastbound on Union Street.
The NYPD 71 precinct is investigating the incident.
Crown Heights: this happened last night in lawless NY. 2 thugs mugged a Jewish male & pointed gun @ victim’s face demanding he use phone 2 transfer money 2 their cash apps. They took photo of his ID & stole phone & wallet. NYPD said perps were described as black males, 6’2 & 6’3 pic.twitter.com/a7F2dSVde9
— Yaacov Behrman (@ChabadLubavitch) November 30, 2020
Isn’t there a way you can trace the receiver of the money!
Well with the new bail reform, even if they caught these guys they would probably just be let go.
This city continue to devolve into hell – high taxes, broken everything, unsafe.
These perps used their own chashapp, or perhaps a stolen one and had him send money to their accounts.
Hopefully, the young man was able to close his credit cards and lock his phone out and track it.
These guys are clearly lacking brain cells in robbing someone and having them transfer money which is easily traceable.
Alternatively, a credit card could be kept open and leave an alert for a stolen card, so if they use it in a store, they will be caught on camera using a stolen card.
These few blocks have always been an issue namely because there isn’t an enough street lighting. I almost got mugged there twice.
Read more lights and signs saying that the area under video surveillance
albany avenue in general its quiet and dark, i happened to help a fellow when 2 guys were chasing him down the block
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