Lamor Whitehead of Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries lost chains, rings, watches and jewelry when gunmen invaded a service. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Robberies and Thefts”
Off-Duty Police Officer Hospitalized After Skull Is Fractured in Robbery
By Gotham Rex on August 24, 2022
Three men wanted in a score of crimes attacked the 48-year-old officer, N.Y.P.D. officials said. He was in critical condition. Source: New York Times
The ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Bank Robbery, 50 Years Ago Today
By Gotham Rex on August 22, 2022
A bank official remembers calling the Brooklyn branch in Gravesend and sensing that something was wrong. Source: New York Times
ID Theft, Fraud, Prison: The Wild Life of a Bishop Robbed at the Pulpit
By Gotham Rex on August 4, 2022
The police said Bishop Lamor Whitehead was robbed of a fortune in jewelry, the crime caught on camera. But the focus soon turned to him and his past run-ins with the law. Source: New York Times
Federal Prosecutors Charge 16 in Gang Racketeering Operation in Manhattan
By Gotham Rex on August 2, 2022
Members of Own Every Dollar are responsible for killings, robberies and assaults in Washington Heights, officials say. Source: New York Times
Brooklyn Clergyman Is Robbed While Delivering Sunday Sermon
By Gotham Rex on July 25, 2022
A trio of armed individuals robbed Lamor M. Whitehead and his wife of jewelry worth more than $1 million, police said. Source: New York Times
Rare-Book Dealer Charged After Pilfered Eagles Lyrics Come to Light
By Gotham Rex on July 12, 2022
Glenn Horowitz and two other men are accused of conspiring to sell Don Henley’s notes, including the words to “Hotel California.” Source: New York Times
How Paintings Lost in a Small-Town Art Heist Were Recovered 50 Years Later
By Gotham Rex on June 20, 2022
Two sleuths — a curator and a librarian — in New Paltz, N.Y., helped the F.B.I. track down 200-year-old paintings that were stolen from a historical society in 1972. Source: New York Times
Theft of Brooklyn Church’s Gold Tabernacle Stabs at Hearts of Faithful
By Gotham Rex on June 1, 2022
A Brooklyn congregation condemned the desecration of their sacred sanctuary in a burglary that the pastor called “one more blow” to a struggling church. Source: New York Times
A $2-Million Tabernacle Was Stolen From a Brooklyn Cathedral
By Gotham Rex on May 30, 2022
Someone apparently armed with a power saw broke into the church and walked off with the solid-gold, bejeweled tabernacle, the police said. Source: New York Times
Kathy Boudin, Radical Imprisoned in a Fatal Robbery, Dies at 78
By Gotham Rex on May 1, 2022
She had a role in the Brink’s heist by the Weather Underground that left two police officers dead. But she became a model prisoner and, after being freed, helped former inmates. Source: New York Times
Retail Theft Rises, and N.Y.C. Small Business Owners Are Paying the Price
By Gotham Rex on February 28, 2022
In New York City, neighborhood stores are struggling to confront the crimes that have cascaded from the disruptions of the pandemic. Source: New York Times
Inside Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein's Confounding Bitcoin Case
By Gotham Rex on February 13, 2022
The arrests of Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan left the world of cryptocurrency incredulous: Could this goofy young couple have been Bitcoin’s Bonnie and Clyde? Source: New York Times
Alvin Bragg, Manhattan D.A., Changes Polices After Backlash
By Gotham Rex on February 4, 2022
Alvin Bragg clarified policies on robbery and gun possession that had prompted widespread pushback, marring his first month in office. Source: New York Times
New York Bike Delivery Workers Band Together for Safety
By Gotham Rex on October 12, 2021
Robbers are targeting them in the city, and thefts of their electric bikes have risen. Many are banding together to protect one another. Source: New York Times