Spring Valley, NY – Teenager Sentenced for Robbing Monsey Kosher Supermarket
Spring Valley, NY - A judge sentenced a 16-year-old from Spring Valley to 13 years in prison today for helping rob a Monsey supermarket and beat up the manager last year.
Francisco Feria of 30 John St...
New Haven CT – Edgewood Residents To Have Own Shomrim On Streets.
New Haven CT - Tired of what they claim is lip service and hollow promises from the city and Police Department, Edgewood neighborhood residents said Monday they will take up weapons and start armed pa...
Brooklyn, NY – Man Pleads Guilty to Spamming AOL Subscribers.
Brooklyn, NY - A man pleaded guilty today to sending spam e-mails to more than 1.2 million subscribers of America Online in a scheme that foiled the Internet company's spam-filtering system.
Adam Vit...
New York – 6 Arrested In Massive Car Theft Ring.
New York - Six suspects behind a massive stolen car ring that retagged and sold hundreds of vehicles for the past eight years in Manhattan, the Bronx and Westchester County were arrested Monday, offic...
Thornhill, Ontario, Canada – Perp Opens Fire in Yeshiva Yard after Botched Jewelty Store Heist
Thornhill, Ontario, Canada - A gunman fleeing a jewelry store heist opened fire on a cop in a yeshivah schoolyard and then led police on a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle with two hostages inside...
Lakewood, NJ – Police Investigating Burglaries at Beth Medrash Govoha
Lakewood, NJ - Police arrested a man wanted on outstanding warrants who is being interviewed as a possible suspect in a series of burglaries at a dormitory at the Beth Medrash Govoha on Clifton Avenue...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY + Pedestrian Struck +
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY + Pedestrian Struck + A motor vehicle accident with a pedestrian that was struck on Driggs Avenue and South 8th Street, Hatzolah on the scene.
Miami, FL – Passenger On A Plane From London Under CDC Investigation.
Miami, FL - Authorities are not letting any passengers off of a British Airways flight from London, which has just landed into Miami International Airport, with a female passenger who is sick and cou...
West Bank – Mayor Village Wants to End Jewish Pilgrimages after Graves Desecrated
West Bank - The mayor of a Palestinian village called for the end of pilgrimages by Jewish groups to a holy site in his village after the desecration of Muslim graves, as was reported here on Vos Iz N...
Queens, NY – AG Cuomo ‘Mistakenly’ Waved Past Airport Security Checkpoint
Queens, NY - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo was mistakenly waved past an airport security checkpoint be fore officials realized someone erred, and brought him back to be scanned. And officials say that...
New York – FBI: Person Submitting Bogus Weather Alerts
New York - Someone has been submitting fictional reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service, causing unnecessary alerts and frightening people.
The areas affected have included Milwauk...
Delray Beach, FL – Agent Banned for Exploiting Elderly Jewish Consumers
Consumer Alert!
Delray Beach, FL - Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink has revoked the license of a south Florida agent and permanently banned him from the insurance business in Florida for usin...
White Plains, NY +Courthouse Evacuated+
Westchester County, White Plains, NY - The Westchester County Courthouse and adjoining White Plains Library building at 111 M.L.K. Blvd, have been evacuated due to a suspicious package in a stairwell....
Bethlehem, NH – Many Jews Are Moving To The Small New Hampshire town of Bethlehem.
Behlehem, NH - Kosher history was made in this North Country town as clerks at the Bethlehem Village Store recently moved aside boxes of Luvs diapers and cases of Budweiser to make way for Manischewit...
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +Animal Attack+
Borough Park, Brooklyn, NY +Animal Attack+ Hatzolah responding to 1977 53rd Street between 19th and 20th Avenues for a wild loose pitt bull dog that attacked a child in the yard of the above location....
New York – Lawmakers Want Breathalyzers for Vehicle
New York - The lawmaker who pushed to ban drivers from using cellphones now wants to fight drunken driving by requiring that every car be equipped with a Breathalyzer.A bill introduced by Assemblyman ...
Israel – Israel Launches Spy Satellite.
Israel - In face of Iran's race to obtain nuclear weapons and predictions that war with Syria is on the horizon, Israel strengthened its foothold in space on Monday and successfully launched a spy sat...
New York, NY – The Automated Subway System In NYC.
New York, NY - In three years, the easiest job in New York will be L train operator - whose only job will be pushing a button every 30 seconds to prove he's still breathing.
The trains will be so au...
New York, NY – Mayor Bloomberg Defends Google Images.
New York, NY - Mayor Bloomberg yesterday questioned an effort to compel Google Inc. to blur out satellite images of sensitive city infrastructure in its computer program, Google Earth.
"It is a legi...
New York – Hang Up The Phone On Verizon.
Consumer Alert!
New York - Verizon is charging some home-phone customers for services they don't use - a practice many consumers describe as outrageous.
Verizon calls the new fee a shortfall charge. ...