Ramapo, NY – Police in Ramapo have charged two men for firing a crossbow at a deer that ended up in a house.
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“Just a thump. That’s all I heard,” said Ciril Cohen.
Cohen now knows that thump was much more than nothing. It was an arrow that narrowly missed the front window of her Suffern home.
Police say about 7:20 Sunday night, two men in a car on Carlton road in Suffern shot a deer with a crossbow. The arrow went through the animal and lodged into the home just below the window where Mrs. Cohen often sits. Neighbors say the deer stumbled across the street to some woods and died.
“The cops came to the door and said by the way, did you see the outside, the arrow. And I said what arrow, you know, the blood. I said, oh, usually I’m sitting there reading. She said you’re just lucky it was a foot below because if it would have been higher – it would have killed you,” adds Cohen.
Ramapo police arrested 43-year-old Abraham Fischbein of Greene County in upstate New York and 47-year-old Lee Jones, a lifelong resident of Suffern. Both men face a felony charge of reckless endangerment.
Police showed Eyewitness News the camouflaged, high-powered, compound crossbow they recovered from Jones’ vehicle.
“Like a bow and arrow but it’s actually more powerful than a traditional bow so it’s a very dangerous weapon.’Had the arrow not hit a wall and gone through a window, we could have had tragic results,” said Captain Brad Weidel.
In court this afternoon, Mr. Fischbein through his attorney and Mr. Jones, through is public defender pleaded not guilty. What could possibly possess someone to think it’s o-k to fire a crossbow from a car in a residential area
“He himself realizes how foolish it is to fire a bow and arrow in a populated neighborhood and god forbid, injure somebody. But he didn’t commit the criminal act,” said Kenneth Gribetz, Fischbein’s attorney.
Both Fischbein and Jones were charged additionally by the Department of Environmental Conservation officers with the following unclassified misdemeanors.
# shooting within 500′ of a dwelling
# shooting across a public highway
# take a deer with implement not specified
# illegally take protected wildlife
# hunt deer during closed hours
# take deer with the aid of motor vehicle
# hunt without a big a game license
Wow, about a year ago on Shabbos, I was with kids in my backyard woods when a guy in camouflage jumps out with a crossbow. He said he got permission from the land owners but he was probably lying. Said he was hunting dear. Now I know it’s actually illegal. Wow.
The article does not say whether just one or both of these hunters are yiddin but clearly they should know that a deer is not considered as glatt (even by Monsey standards) if it is killed with an arrow and then taken to a shlachthois for a shochet to shecht.
How were thy court ? Any suggestions ? They drove by -shot & left ! Unbelievable work !
Reply to Paskunyak (No. 3)
If they were both goyim, why would they care at all about the hashgacha? Maybe you didn’t learn the outcome of the sugya that concludes that the sheva mitzvos bnai noach do not include chassideshe hashgacha!!! But what should we expect from a “Paskunyak”.
Are you dense? Goyim kill animals for sport. They shoot deer and other animals for fun. They’re descendents of Eisuv. In today’s world who knows if the guy with the Jewish sounding name really is Jewish. Ask Voopy Goldberg.
are you dense, most shoot animal to eat since they are not worried about kosher the goyim do not need to eat kosher. Secondly I am sure there are Jews and some yiddin that shoot hunt for fun.
Also some Jews have names that does not sound yiddish just ask kevin yukulis.
Boy you need to get out more.