Two Girls Mugged - Two Muggers Arrested
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Two young jewish women were mugged by two black teens early this evening. The incident began shortly after 7:00pm Thursday and the details are still unclear. There were many witnesses, with many different accounts of what happened.
Apparently the girls were mugged by two black males in their teens, somewhere on Montgomery St and Albany Ave. Vigilant residents who witnessed the commotion chased the perpetrators. While others called Shomrim and Police.
The alert witnesses caught up with the muggers and placed then under citizen's arrest. One on Montgomery between Kingston and Albany Ave, and the other in front of Cafe Rimon; Albany between Montgomery St and Empire Blvd.
While the Shomrim volunteers, vigilant residents and spectators were waiting for police officers to show up, another commotion started to unfold in front of Cafe Rimon. A woman, a self described black hebrew, came out in defense of the black teen.
The woman insisted the teen be let go, for “he is just a child” and “didn't do anything wrong.” She tried freeing him, but was unsuccessful. This agitated her further, she then began yelling things like “you racist jews,” mixed in with some vulgar terms.
The police finally arrived about half hour into this spectacle and converged on both scenes. They then took the two girls, who were in a safe location, in a patrol car to identify who their perpetrators were.
After ferrying the girls between the two scenes and receiving a positive identification that the teen were indeed the muggers; the young muggers were both placed in the back of different patrol cars.
The victims and the assailants were all brought to the 71st precinct, where a police reports and formal charges will be filled.
Baruch Hashem the girls weren't hurt and Hatzalah wan't needed.
1. me wrote:
I was there, the incident happened on the corner of kingstone and montgomery!