After a sharp spike in crime from the week before, the week of February 22 through 28 appears to have gone back down. Both burglary and grand larceny remained relatively high, and continued to see jumps from the year before. But after seven the week earlier, robberies dropped back down to one.
The overall crime reduction for the year (year-to-date total) slid down to -28.93 percent from 31.72 percent the week before, still representing a significant drop in crime.
CompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. As a new feature on Sheepshead Bites, we’ll be summarizing the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct as the reports become available (usually on Monday, one week after the closing date). The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
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Crime reduction overall in the 61st Precinct almost ground to a halt this week. With a whopping 31 crimes, we’re only down 6.06 percent from the same time period in 2009, while last week (not shown) our numbers were down 36.84 percent.
Most notably, there was a sharp increase in robberies, up 250 percent from the same week last year, and more than twice the amount from last week (3). We also more than doubled the amount of grand larcenies from last week, up to 11 from 5, and a 22.2 percent jump from this time period in 2009.
The area only had 12 crimes included in last week’s report. All told, this week’s spike has slowed down the “Year to Date” reduction of crime by less than 5 percent, from a 36.08 percent reduction from 2009’s numbers to 31.72 percent – meaning we’re still on track for an overall reduction in crime from last year.
CompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. As a new feature on Sheepshead Bites, we’ll be summarizing the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct as the reports become available (usually on Monday, one week after the closing date). The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
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Overall, crime for the week before Valentine’s Day dropped more than 36 percent compared to the same time frame in 2009. Most significantly, the number of break-ins constituting burglary dropped 80 percent, with only one this week as compared to five in 2009. The only crime to increase this week over last year’s numbers was Grand Larceny Auto (G.L.A.), which doubled from one to two. Still, we’re down in total car thefts for the year (21) from 2009 (28).
G.L.A. shows the slowest reduction of incidents year over year, so make sure to keep your car safe. Park on well-lighted streets and do not leave valuables in your vehicle.
CompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. As a new feature on Sheepshead Bites, we’ll be summarizing the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct as the reports become available (usually on Monday, one week after the closing date). The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
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According to early reports, an emotionally disturbed person barricaded himself and his parents in an apartment building at 3021 Avenue Z.
The incident occurred some time between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. According to a reader who lives in the building, who provided information to us via Facebook status updates, a mentally unstable man on the fourth floor took his parents hostage. Witnesses, also through Facebook, said the police closed off Avenue Z between Ford Street and Batchelder Street, and there were at least three large police trucks and several other emergency vehicles.
The resident that provided information said police rescued the parents, who went unharmed. She didn’t know about the culprit, who she believes had stopped taking his medication. She also said a similar incident happened in the building four years ago, but it’s unclear if it was the same person.
By 5:30 p.m., police and emergency personnel had left the scene.
This is a breaking report. We will update as additional information becomes available.
We all keep hearing about the plummeting crime statistics across the city, and in our area the 61st Precinct was named the lowest crime area in all of New York City (aside from the command responsible for Central Park). But Councilman Lew Fidler is asking aloud what many residents have been mumbling among themselves for years: is the NYPD manipulating the statistics?
“People can misinterpret or misuse statistics all the time,” City Councilmember Lew Fidler told Courier-Life. “It just strikes me that the crime statistics we hear are too good to be true.”
Fidler said the “inordinate pressure” coming from the city’s top brass to make the crime stats “look good” may be causing officers to downgrade crimes or dissuade residents from filing reports altogether. He blamed the over-emphasis on statistics in determining precinct’s needs.
Have you ever thought the police manipulated a report of a crime you were a victim of? Keep reading.
An 83-year-old Sheepshead Bay resident beat up a 99-year-old Fort Hamilton man on Monday, leading to charges of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon.
Gersh Gofman left Steve Pulwers, who is nearly blind, with broken ribs and a broken nose after hitting him in the face with a steering wheel club. Pulwers managed to anger Gofman by asking him to move his car, which was blocking his building’s driveway.
According to Yournabe.com, “Pulwers, a survivor of Stalin’s forced labor camps, told reporters that the most shocking thing he remembered about the attack was the thought that he was being attacked by another Jew.”
Daily News is reporting a weekend almost-shootout in Gravesend’s Marlboro Houses, in which a man was arrested and charged with attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon, and unlawful wearing of a bulletproof vest.
The suspect, Angel Rivera, attempted to shoot at pursuing police officers while his mother reportedly screamed, “Shoot the cop! Shoot the cop!” His gun jammed and he, his mother, his sister and some friends were arrested, proving mother doesn’t always know best.
So, how do those luxury condos across the street look now?
Daily News reports:
A gun-toting thug wearing a bulletproof vest tried to shoot at two cops in a Brooklyn housing project, but his gun jammed, police said Sunday.
The officers were on patrol in the Marlboro Houses in Gravesend when they encountered Angel Rivera, 25, and two pals drinking alcohol in a stairwell about 2:30 a.m.
When the officers attempted to question the trio, Rivera bolted, prompting a brief chase.
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Michael Gladunov, 29, is wanted for burglary
Police are looking for Michael Gladunov, pictured above, in connection with a burglary in Sheepshead Bay last month. At around 3:30 a.m. on November 13, Gladunov allegedly entered a man’s Emmons Avenue apartment through the fire escape window and stole $400 worth of property. The resident of the apartment was home at the time, and saw a man fitting Gladunov’s description leaving through the front door. Police say Gladunov is a known heroin user and frequents Sheepshead Bay Road and Brighton Beach. There is an active warrant for his arrest.
Please notify the 61st Precinct Detective Squad with any information!
Detective Stephen Cavendish – (718) 627-6620
Reference numbers: UF61# 8022 Case# 472
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This afternoon, sometime around 3:30 p.m., a tan minivan collided with a silver minivan in front Sheepshead Bay High School.
One witness said that he was looking out the window at the moment when the cars collided, and he immediately came out to the sidewalk. He had said this to say about the accident: “This brown car, he went to go pull a u-turn and he crashed into him while he was coming down the street.” When asked if he thought there was any speeding involved, he said, “Nah, there was no speeding.”
Emergency response workers could be seen carefully removing an injured male victim from the tan minivan. Minutes later, he was placed on a stretcher and taken away in an ambulance. It is not known if there are any others injured in the crash.
There was police presence at spot where the crash occurred. The street did not appear to be closed to traffic, as cars could be seen passing near the injured person as he was being lifted into the ambulance.
Emergency services, including firefighters and police emergency response units, flooded Nostrand Avenue between Avenue T and Avenue U today at 12:45 p.m. According to Gothamist Newsmap, they’re responding to a “Barricaded EDP” (emotionally disturbed person) call at 3302 Nostrand Avenue. Meanwhile other units were opening and testing every fire hydrant on the block.
We’ll update this story as more information becomes available. If you know anything, please e-mail us.
