Overview
- Authorities say suspects stole high-value electronics and other merchandise from multiple Boro Park businesses before fleeing in a vehicle.
- Officers and Boro Park Shomrim tried to stop the vehicle near 13th Avenue and 53rd Street, where the car struck other vehicles and then sped down 13th Avenue, creating dangerous conditions for pedestrians and drivers.
- Boro Park Shomrim obtained the vehicle’s license plate and kept visual contact while sending real-time location updates to NYPD ground units as the NYPD Aviation Unit monitored from above.
- The pursuit crossed Brooklyn and ended in Crown Heights, where Crown Heights Shomrim located the car and NYPD officers took the suspects into custody.
- Video of the chase and capture was published by the reporting outlet, and the available accounts do not include formal charge details, arrest records, or reports of injuries.