By COLlive reporter
A thief who attempted to steal Tefillin from a Crown Heights resident to “sell it” back to the victim was arrested on Sunday.
A Crown Heights resident, who had been unloading his vehicle on Union Street near Albany Avenue Sunday afternoon, returned to his car to notice his bag, containing a pair of tefilin had disappeared.
Shortly thereafter, the victim received a phone call from a man claiming to have his bag who offered to meet him to return the Tefillin in exchange for $10.00.
The victim called Shmira, who waited to meet the perpetrator along with police officers from the NYPD 71st Precinct.
At approximately 3:30pm at Kingston Avenue and Park Place the thief was arrested for Grand Larceny and Criminal Possession of Stolen Property, police said.
The apprehended male was found to be in possession of stolen Labavitch religious items. The defendant is currently at the 71st Precinct station house.
why didnt he want more money, tefillin is very expensive.
My Tefillin were stolen in Crown Heights, does he have any more items???
Were they Rashis or Rabbanu Tams?
Does he need to get them checked now?
What other things were on his possession??
Any ספרים?
looks can be deceiving:, he looks respectable, clean clothes, expensive boots, but is a thief !!!!!, lesson to be learnt don’t judge a book by it’s cover
Phone number was embroidered on the inside of bag.
Does anyone follow up on these cases? I’d like to know what punishment these creeps get. Is it just one night in the station-house?
What about the girl-gang that slugged a young woman – were they charged or release to the custody of their mothers?
Arrests are nice, but only if they lead to conviction of the thugs.
Please let us know when justice is carried out. Shmira can only catch the criminals. We need to make sure the justice system also does their part. Thanks
now that the “evidence” was returned to the rightful owner, how will this case be prosecuted? what will the prosecution show the Jury to convince them this thug has to be locked up?
How did the thief get his phone number?
Ten dollars or was that a misprint?
Can’t understand why he would risk arrest for ten…
may hashem continue to wtch over the yiden,and shmirah the shluchim!
Surprised to see that this was the criminal…
Kudos to shmira for the non stop work on behalf of the community, great job…
When will this golus end
shmira you guys are just simply amazing . one after another you been getting arrests . keep up the great work . you guys are the real patrol guys