A guest at a wedding held at Oholei Torah hall last night had his celebrating cut short when he discovered he had been robbed.
During the wedding in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, while family and friends happily danced in the main ballroom, an iPad was stolen from the pocket of a coat hanging in the downstairs hallway.
The victim of the crime, who is a doctor, is desperate to retrieve the iPad, which has critical information on it that he urgently needs.
The thief, who was caught on surveillance camera, appears to look like a Jewish, Orthodox young man.
The family of the wedding party has obtained the footage, and say they will have to release the full image to the public if the iPad is not returned.
If you have any information about the ipad or who stole it, or would like to return it, no questions asked, please email [email protected] as soon as possible.
removing the face of the thief doesn’t give incentive to return the stolen item, it gives him hope that he will get away with it because he won’t be identified and caught and will try it again
I had a good laugh at your comment. It was pretty funny that you rebuked someone else for his one spelling error while you incorrectly spelled TWO words. You spelled “their” as “there” and misspelled “seriously”. (Note that you were seriously missing a “u” in your version of seriously) Edit – as I was showing my comment to my daughter, she pointed out that there was a THIRD error – you actually misspelled SPELLING !!! It is only supposed to have TWO Ls not THREE hahaha. Don’t even get me started on the ridiculous grammar and punctuation errors on the… Read more »
its able, not abel. and to #41, let people live there lives! seriosly!
you have obviously had one too many and it’s not even Purim
are you for real or do you live in a fantasy world
please tell dc to download or use icloud app called FIND MY IPHONE.
someone once forgot their ipad on a plane and it was still there when they were cleaning the plane and the person got it back
you can never know what really happened the person could be getting his friends phone for him be dan likaf zchus
We turn a blind eye when it’s one of our own. You know that.
Do you understand that the guy is a Jew? Are you still stuck on the “we Jews do not do that” thing? What are you trying to say?
there are ganavim already entering crown heights?!?!
u r all bored soles- reading all of these comments and commenting!!!!!!!
think about what u cud accomplish with this time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that wud definately b more useful and if everyone will b busy doing this- these cases wont happen so often!
a freilichen purim!
if he takes out the memory chip in the ipad the tracking wont work
Let’s remind everyone who is a medical provider, do NOT leave any personal health information unattended at any time.
Doctors should not leave ipad without pack up unattended.
And you should totally post the boy’s picture. Well… maybe give him one chance.
unfortunately, there ARE frum ppl that steal and do crazy things….you can’t just automatically assume that every frum person wont steal. if you have critical information in your iphone/ipad you have to be more careful!
Stop saying that one should be able to leave it in his pocket and trust frum yidden….. Are there no non Jewish cleaning ppl or waiters that one should be weary of? How about a possible random outsider that’s non Jewish and looking for some easy find?
The OWNER was irresponsible???? It would be RUDE???? Huh????
Find my iPod,iPhone,iPad!
there is an app that locates your lost or stolen iPod,Pad,Phone
Has veshalom, never think negative. The rebbe always think positiv, hashem will surely give you more than that.
DONT!!!!!!!!!!! be respectful!
That would be extremely rude to post the full picture of the person who stole the ipad. Bring this picture to the cops and do it in a more secretive manner. If you leave things out of “valuable” worth then there is a 70 percent chance of it being STOLEN. NO matter what type of event you are at (obviously chances are higher depending on where you are) This was irresponsible on behalf of the ipad owner. Also how valuable is an ipad anyways, just stating my opinion 😛
Same thing happened to my friend . Winter time She flew in from out of town for her daughters L’chaim and had her iphone in her coat pocket on a coat rack. Someone stole it. She didnt’ want to carry it around a whole evening. Please be aware that especially at Simchas family and friends are so wrapped up in the Simcha that it unfortunately presents itself as a perfect time to steal, whether it’s wedding gifts, items in coat pockets etc. To #27…While we are on this subject…I’m from out of town and I was staying in the Schuna… Read more »
In Iran theives are hung.
I think we should implement these laws here once and for all to stop the theives.
Get him off the streets. He should be locked up 103 years.
I leave my car keys in my pockets I don’t want my things stolen!
we are frum yidden. we don’t steal. a persons hould be abel to leave something in a coat pocket and trust other frum yidden.
ah it got stolen. true, so there are bad apples.
but in a frum society you should be able to trust people. it is not wrong to do so and it is not the victim’s fault any more than a person walking down the street with an expensive phone or jewelry deserves to be robbed . decent people don’t do such things. so don’t blame the dr, blame the thief
I beg you.
Yes, he stole. But he deserves a chance to turn his life around. Leave it to the police.
no one was hurt by this thief
BH
BSD
ITS A NEWS ITEM
COLLIVE SHOULD UNBLUR THE GUY
and to number 14, does kol yisrael aravim zela ze apply to criminals? letsee a jew steal from u and if u will be so 4giving
Thank you for a voice of humanity, #16!…. And to #18, would a black man need psychiatric help as well? Or a non-Jew? I’m not suggesting that you, #18, would be accusative in a much more vicious way; however, I have read comments for similar situations wherein Chasidim have voiced quite a different response when the perpetrator was not a Yid. Those people sound ignorant and arrogant. In my opinion, that kind of comment is pathetic. Not only that, it does not represent a person who understands the meaning of their chosen religious ideals. So again, thank you, #16! I… Read more »
Maybe he forgot it was there. Maybe he needed to check his messages after the wedding. What difference does the reason make? He was at a chasidic wedding, for G-d sakes! Is there any place we can trust ? Apparently not. Sad.
both people are at fault here. the guy whos ipad was stollen shouldve taken better care to keep it protected. and the guy who stole the ipad is clearly in the wrong.
Why would you just leave your iPad in your pocket? If you brought it to the wedding and didn’t need it, Maybe just leave it at home…
The ipad will be returned.
The young man in question needs psychiatric help, before he lands up in jail or worse.
The doctor thought he was in a place that was safe. He thought he could trust those at the wedding. After all, the guests were Yidden, there to celebrate a happy occasion. That is what should be the case. All I can say is that you can’t tell a book from its cover, and you can’t assume that a yarmulke makes a chosid. Do any of the arrogant people out there have reason to be more tolerant of those outside your group? Maybe you should think about it.
For those who love to jump on people from other cultures or religions: You are the ones who would use crude and disrespectful words if, for example, the image were of a black man. All of a sudden this accused person may be ill, desperate, etc. Yes, he may be! So may the black man! I say we have to refine our opinions and thinking, so that we do not sound like racist fools.
I know the guy and it’s not first time he was caught. His face show be shown
chilul hashem and its forbidden to tatle tell on another jew. kol yisrael arevim zeh la zeh no matter what!
Everyone should place a snapping mouse trap in their pockets. When the thief screams from his fingers getting caught… smile!!
His picture is out there. I think it’s wrong. I have to say, COLlive did the right thing posting the article & hiding his face. Yes he stole but perhaps he is ill and needs help. Sometimes we don’t need to know everything. Most of the time we don’t know anything!
‘release his name to the public’, just to the police, trust me the boys in blue will take care of him, you do not need to be his derech of teshuva
I feel so sorry for the thief. I know what thats like. Been there, done that. Its a horrible feeling , it can be desperation or even just addiction. Please go and get help, you will gain your self respect back and feel like a much better person.
So you have to wait a few minutes if there are people ahead of you? Are we so impatient in this now, NOW society we can’t wait a couple of extra minutes for the coat check attendant to retrieve ours?
I have to agree with #2. That was a stupid thing to do. If the ipad held such critical information (details of patients???) leaving it in an open coat pocket is irresponsible at best. You don’t leave valuables unattended, you’re asking for them to be stolen. Unfortunately. Another issue we have to deal with.
will direct you to the address of where the ipad is. many have been caught this way.
For one thing it gives the thief an extra incentive to return it, his face wont be publicized.
The family of the wedding party has obtained the footage, and say they will have to release the full image to the public if the iPad is not returned.”
What’s the point of blurring his face?
Don’t we want him to be identified?
alot of people hang up their coats there because they don,t want to go through the hassle of checking their coat in but if you are going to put your coat there then at least take the ipod with you if you are going to put your coat there.that area is right next to the place where you check your coat in .
hope the thief gets caught but at least take the ipod with you if you are going to put your coat there.
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hide things more carefully! unfortunately, there is alot of theft these days in CH…
That the person who left a 500 dollar IPAD in his pocket is looking for trouble. Why not leave your open wallet onthe dance floor.
Sad…sorry to hear.
Even in my ‘shul’ I hide my ‘tefillin.’
There have been thefts.