NYPD Asking for Help Identifying Suspects Who Attacked Chasidic Man in Borough Park

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    BROOKLYN – Two teens are being sought by the NYPD in connection with an attack on an Orthodox Jewish man that took place this week in Borough Park’s.

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    Police said that the incident took place at approximately 7:20 PM on August 16th when two young adults, estimated to be in their late teens to their early 20s, were riding along 18th Avenue on an electric scooter.

    The scooter’s passenger disembarked in front of Landau’s Supermarket on 18th Avenue at 45th Street and approached a 49 year old Chasidic man dressed in traditional attire as he was looking at his cellphone, making an unknown statement before knocking the Chasidic man’s yarmulke to the ground.

    The attacker then got back onto the scooter, which left the scene, heading north on 18th Avenue towards 46th Street.

    The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident, which is being classified as aggravated harassment/hate crime and is asking for the public’s help in locating the two young adults. Both are described as having medium complexions and thin builds.

    The scooter’s passenger was wearing a grey Hollister logo tee shirt, black shorts, dark colored sneakers and a grey and white backpack with a shark teeth motif, while its ponytailed driver was wearing a dark grey tee shirt, black shorts, light blue sneakers and a purple baseball cap.

    A second incident similar incident reportedly took place one day later in Williamsburg, with Willamsburg News tweeting that two unknown individuals on a bike assaulted two Jewish people in front of W Fresh Supermarket on Wallabout Street, with another Jewish person attacked on Walton Street and Wallabout Street. Police were unaware of the second incident and could not say if the two were related.

    Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline by phone at 800-577-TIPS, by text at 247637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577 or online at www.NYPDCrimeStoppers.com.


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    Eric Adams
    Eric Adams
    8 months ago

    Another out of control WHITE supremacist plantation owner.

    A REAL YID
    A REAL YID
    8 months ago

    Time to fight back & self defense!

    DumDems
    DumDems
    8 months ago

    These are guests of the democrats

    shmendrick
    shmendrick
    8 months ago

    They gave a fake name at the border. Now they change their names at will. They are Juan 1 and Juan 2. I heard that used when ems brought in multiple illegals to an er.

    Geulah
    Geulah
    8 months ago

    Bring back chatzem!

    Nachum
    Nachum
    8 months ago

    What does the statement “medium complexion” mean? Does that mean that the perpetrator was biracial?

    Segmail
    Segmail
    8 months ago

    Bidens America Adams NYC

    Normal
    Normal
    8 months ago

    OMG How hard is it for a few every block to have good quality video surveillance cameras? Each property puts in $20. Really.

    Judith
    Judith
    8 months ago

    And after they’re found , they’ll be back on the street in two seconds .

    Triumphinwhitehouse
    Triumphinwhitehouse
    8 months ago

    Seem like asylum seekers

    Terry Rosenbaum
    Terry Rosenbaum
    8 months ago

    Where is the rest of the video? Getting off and then on a bike isn’t a crime.

    Vincenzo Dimiachie
    Vincenzo Dimiachie
    8 months ago

    Dear Lord please give all of your creations enough brains to understand how to get along with other people who are not exactly like them.