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A bank robbed on Washington Avenue is at least the 4th such robbery for the year, according to Prospect Heights Patch.

The robber, who was wearing sunglasses, a black hat and a grey overcoat, entered the Capital One Bank on Washington Avenue (between Eastern Parkway and Lincoln Place) around 4:30 pm Friday and left with cash, and yet, never actually a weapon or even pretended to have one; instead, he passed a note to the teller and got what he was looking for. According to witnesses, the suspect was black, about 6 feet, 1 inches and 210 pounds.

Patch listed three other bank robberies near Eastern Parkway in the past year:

June 23: Apple Bank (corner of Eastern Parkway and Albany Avenue); cash amount: unspecified.
June 7: Banco Popular (Eastern Parkway at Nostrand avenue); man apprehended after “quick cash grab”.
February: Chase Bank (Eastern Parkway and Bedford Avenue); a 30-year old man was arrested.

thatdog99 writes in regarding an incident that happened last night around 5:30PM on the corner of Underhill Avenue & Prospect Avenue:

“My friend was walking home from his work commute, when he was thrown to the ground, he was punched in the face and nose, as well as kicked in and around his stomach. His wallet and bag were stolen from him.”

“… when he went to the police to file a report today …The police said in the past six months crime in the area has risen, and that, which is what disturbs me as well as I live near the corner of St. John’s & Underhill, there is a group of teens/young men who hang at St. John’s & Underhill Ave, that even as young as 14, have been involved in numerous violent crimes and assaults.”

“The general description of many of the victims of recent muggings in the area, are Caucasian males, short hair, carrying a bag slung over the shoulder. I just wanted to share this information with you, so that you might serve as a way to get a warning out there.  I am far from an alarmist, but it did actually send a shockwave through me when one of the police officers told my friend that he should really move out of the neighborhood as its safety is very much in question.”

sterling2000 writes on the Prospect Heights Message Boards: Does anyone know what went down at Love Liquors on Washington last night around 7:15pm? As I was walking home, I saw the owner holding a towel to his head (as if he’d been hit) while another guy was quickly locking the door and shuttering the windows. Minutes later, two cop cars and an ambulance showed up.”

“That’s such a highly trafficked part of Washington (near Eastern Parkway) that time of night, I’m shocked a robbery/assualt would happen there at that time.”

jayce adds: “I was walking to my swim class last night around 7:45, and was amazed to see all the police, ambulances and spectators gathered at the Liquor store … Looked like the front door was smashed up…”

Read updates here: [Prospect Heights Message Boards]

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Report on NY1: “The three-alarm blaze started around 5 a.m. at an apartment building at 1033 Pacific Street… One woman was killed after she jumped four floors to escape the flames. Another woman and two small children were also found dead in the building.”

“This is the third fire in less than a week on Pacific Street. While there’s no word on whether the three are connected, investigators say all three were deliberately set.”

we have this thread:

http://dailyheights.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2484

and earlier, this thread:

http://dailyheights.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2222&highlight=fire

And now, this thread:

lotsa fires.

LINK: Fire [Prospect Heights Message Boards]

NY1 Video: Broadband

From the Daily News: “The fire that gutted the Crown Heights brownstone next to mine Saturday morning could easily have killed me and my family… more than just the smoke stinks. Yesterday, a Fire Department spokesman told me the burning of 600 St. Marks Ave. has been classified as arson.”

“… the house changed hands three times in less than two years, each time for considerably more than the place was plausibly worth. In February 2004, a longtime owner named Gloria Moore sold the house for $640,000 to a woman named Francillia Ryan, who in turn sold the house to Janet Howard in December 2004 for $790,000… A few weeks ago, on Dec. 19, the house changed hands yet again, bought by someone named Crispin Booker for $850,000.”

“No one on the block thought the building was worth anywhere near that much… Neighbors tell me that an ominous warning was allegedly made to the building’s residents the night before the fire to quit the place or else.” Read more in the Daily News

From the Prospect Heights Message Boards:

“Am I the only one that noticed that Tony Soprano was pulling this scam, like, 3 seasons ago?”

Read more…

Cupcake writes in the Prospect Heights Message Boards:

“Did anyone else hear terrified screaming on Vanderbilt last night, around 12:15am? I was woken up from a light sleep by a woman’s horrifying screams: two long screams, and a short scream that ended abrubtly. I was so disturbed I called the kids at Happy Hour, figuring they were still up, to get some advice.”

“On the advice of Kate and Candicissima, I called the 77th Precint to report it. Some cops came by my place around 1am and I tried to describe as best I could what I heard, where it was coming from and what time it occured. The younger cop looked highly skeptical, but the older cop assured me they would check it out.”

Did you hear it too? Report here:
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From a comment e-mailed to Daily Heights by an unregistered user of the Prospect Heights Message Boards:

Read description (black leather attache case??) and more grisly details in the Prospect Heights Message Boards