Monday, August 30, 2010
Armed bank robber nabbed in Brooklyn after failed heist, carjacking, wild chase
An armed bank robber was nabbed in a Brooklyn alley by cops Monday following a failed heist, a carjacking and a wild chase involving a Jewish neighborhood patrol, police and witnesses said.
The 39-year-old held up an Apple Bank on 13th Ave. at 46th St. in Borough Park about 1 p.m., but was forced to flee empty-handed when members of the Shomrim neighborhood patrol arrived on the scene, police sources said.
As the robber fled, he fired two shots into the ceiling, hitting no one, the sources said.
The robber hopped into a silver Toyota Camry and tried to escape down 13th Ave., but got stuck in traffic and ditched the car on 47th St., said Marc Katz, one of the members of the Shomrim Patrol who chased the suspect.
Once the robber bailed out of the Camry, he was tackled by an unidentified good Samaritan and then by Katz and company.
"We jumped him," Katz said. "As were were jumping him, he took a gun out. He shot."
The shot missed, but gave the robber a chance to run away. He sprinted a few blocks down 13th Ave. and then carjacked an Asian woman at gunpoint near 49th St.
As the robber forced the woman out of her white Nissan, Katz said he tried to coax him into surrendering by pretending his radio was a gun.
"I took my radio, I said, 'You put it down or I shoot!'" Katz said, noting that the robber pushed the woman out of the way and jumped behind the wheel.
But traffic blocked the robber's escape yet again, forcing him to make another break for it, Katz said.
The robber fired once again, intentionally shooting into the ground as the Shomrim members pursued him into a residential yard in the vicinity of 48th St., Katz said.
Desperate, the robber ran down a nearby alley, where NYPD detectives caught up with him and placed him under arrest, Katz said.
Police officials confirmed that the suspect was collared in the alley by detectives from the 66th Precinct. Charges were pending against the robber, who was not immediately identified.
Members of the Emergency Service Unit were searching the area for the robber's handgun, police said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/08/30/2010-08-30_armed_bank_robber_nabbed_in_brooklyn_after_failed_heist_carjacking_wild_chase.html
The 39-year-old held up an Apple Bank on 13th Ave. at 46th St. in Borough Park about 1 p.m., but was forced to flee empty-handed when members of the Shomrim neighborhood patrol arrived on the scene, police sources said.
As the robber fled, he fired two shots into the ceiling, hitting no one, the sources said.
The robber hopped into a silver Toyota Camry and tried to escape down 13th Ave., but got stuck in traffic and ditched the car on 47th St., said Marc Katz, one of the members of the Shomrim Patrol who chased the suspect.
Once the robber bailed out of the Camry, he was tackled by an unidentified good Samaritan and then by Katz and company.
"We jumped him," Katz said. "As were were jumping him, he took a gun out. He shot."
The shot missed, but gave the robber a chance to run away. He sprinted a few blocks down 13th Ave. and then carjacked an Asian woman at gunpoint near 49th St.
As the robber forced the woman out of her white Nissan, Katz said he tried to coax him into surrendering by pretending his radio was a gun.
"I took my radio, I said, 'You put it down or I shoot!'" Katz said, noting that the robber pushed the woman out of the way and jumped behind the wheel.
But traffic blocked the robber's escape yet again, forcing him to make another break for it, Katz said.
The robber fired once again, intentionally shooting into the ground as the Shomrim members pursued him into a residential yard in the vicinity of 48th St., Katz said.
Desperate, the robber ran down a nearby alley, where NYPD detectives caught up with him and placed him under arrest, Katz said.
Police officials confirmed that the suspect was collared in the alley by detectives from the 66th Precinct. Charges were pending against the robber, who was not immediately identified.
Members of the Emergency Service Unit were searching the area for the robber's handgun, police said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/08/30/2010-08-30_armed_bank_robber_nabbed_in_brooklyn_after_failed_heist_carjacking_wild_chase.html
Comments:
Does anyone know if the 2 cars that were abandoned by the bank robber were ticketed?
Comment Credit ---This article posted by 
: August 31, 2010 2:13 PM
: August 31, 2010 2:13 PM
First of all he did not steal the camry it belongs to him thats how much the news be lieing he did not rob the bank it was the other dude and yea thats my baby i miss him like crazy
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : September 02, 2010 10:16 AM
: September 02, 2010 10:16 AM
Memo to Shomrim:
Don't go after a gunman with a radio.
Are you nuts?
You're not the police. You're not armed. You're not trained.
We don't need any more levayas.
Don't go after a gunman with a radio.
Are you nuts?
You're not the police. You're not armed. You're not trained.
We don't need any more levayas.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : September 02, 2010 1:34 PM
: September 02, 2010 1:34 PM
Yasher Koach to all the retards who felt that pursuing an armed bank robber with a radio was a good idea. At the levayah we will try to explain to your parents wife and children that you were a genuine chosid-a chosid shoite.
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Comment Credit ---This article posted by : September 02, 2010 2:41 PM
: September 02, 2010 2:41 PM
