A 14-year-old youth was arrested and charged with grand larceny as a possible bias crime after he snatched a “Yarmulka” [Jewish head covering] off a 13-year-old Jewish boy.
The incident occurred on Monday at around 6:30pm on Eastern Parkway near Brooklyn Avenue. The victim, a 13-year-old yeshiva student, was accosted by a black teenager who snatched the student’s Yarmulka, a religious head covering, and fled.
A witness sprang into action and managed to apprehend the suspect and hold him until police arrived.
The assailant, who was identified as being 14-years-old, was taken into custody and charged with grand larceny and a possible bias crime. Hate crimes task force detectives are investigating the incident.
This incident marks yet another in a string of similar incidents involving black youth targeting Jewish residents of Crown Heights.