Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Off-Duty NYPD Officer stabbed in Crown Heights during robbery
An off-duty police officer who went for an early morning snack Monday at a Dunkin' Donuts in Brooklyn was attacked. The entire incident was caught on security videotape.
The hero officer stopped by the shop on Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights at about 6:40 a.m. He was on his way to work to do counter terrorism training when inside the shop, he found himself witnessing a robbery.
A man in line was getting ready to hand over his money to the man at the register when he came out of nowhere with a knife in hand.
He lunged over the counter, clearly trying to grab money from the register.
The thief did not anticipate that a man in a white T-shirt to his right was an off-duty police officer. He lunged right on top of suspect and then chased him out of store. The suspect fled the scene. Officer Vincent Cheverelli of the 71st precinct was seen outside the store holding his side, stabbed in the abdomen.
This young officer, out of uniform and without a partner, didn't hesitate to put himself in harm's way to protect a fellow New Yorker,? said Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
The store clerk wasn't harmed. Cheverelli was taken to Kings County Hospital where both the mayor and police commissioner stopped by to commend him on his bravery.
?The officer's quick response not only foiled this robbery attempt, but also certainly prevented injury to others that were in the store,? said NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
The suspect managed to get away in a red Kia.
Police say they know who the suspect was and asked the community for help tracking him down. He is identified as Shron Killings, 21.
http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=24418
An off-duty police officer who went for an early morning snack Monday at a Dunkin' Donuts in Brooklyn was attacked. The entire incident was caught on security videotape.
The hero officer stopped by the shop on Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights at about 6:40 a.m. He was on his way to work to do counter terrorism training when inside the shop, he found himself witnessing a robbery.
A man in line was getting ready to hand over his money to the man at the register when he came out of nowhere with a knife in hand.
He lunged over the counter, clearly trying to grab money from the register.
The thief did not anticipate that a man in a white T-shirt to his right was an off-duty police officer. He lunged right on top of suspect and then chased him out of store. The suspect fled the scene. Officer Vincent Cheverelli of the 71st precinct was seen outside the store holding his side, stabbed in the abdomen.
This young officer, out of uniform and without a partner, didn't hesitate to put himself in harm's way to protect a fellow New Yorker,? said Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
The store clerk wasn't harmed. Cheverelli was taken to Kings County Hospital where both the mayor and police commissioner stopped by to commend him on his bravery.
?The officer's quick response not only foiled this robbery attempt, but also certainly prevented injury to others that were in the store,? said NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
The suspect managed to get away in a red Kia.
Police say they know who the suspect was and asked the community for help tracking him down. He is identified as Shron Killings, 21.
http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=24418
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IT HEIMISHE NEWS BECAUSE THE DONUTZ HAVE BUPKIS IN THE MIDDLE.
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