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Astonishing moment homeowner smashes through his own front door to confront thieves as cops hunt gang behind three-month robbing spree across ritzy NYC neighborhoods
Daily Mail UK ^ | September 4, 2023 | Mackenzie Tatananni

Posted on 09/04/2023 6:30:27 PM PDT by Morgana

This is the astonishing moment a homeowner burst through his own front door to defend his family from a band of burglars.

The thieves have broken into 13 homes across New York City, stealing luxury cars and clothing in an operation that spanned three months.

The video was released as police continue the hunt for three men associated with the break-ins.

The men targeted neighborhoods across Brooklyn and Queens, including quiet cul-de-sacs in upscale parts of Whitestone and Bayside.

The New York Post reported the men stole vehicles including a Porsche, Mercedes and Range Rover in a span stretching from June through August.

According to police, the collective worked in bands of three or four while they targeted homes mostly in suburban Whitestone.

The most recent Crime toppers report, released September 3, pictured three masked men.

The group broke into the first house on June 2 near Point Crescent but were chased out by the homeowner before they could grab anything.

One victim spoke to CBS New York after the men attempted to rob her home later that month.

The woman said she and her husband woke to alerts from their Ring camera at 5am before her husband saw two men heading up the front steps.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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If you see these men at your door be waiting with a bazooka
1 posted on 09/04/2023 6:30:27 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

No no

Shotgun

Biden said just shoot through the door


2 posted on 09/04/2023 6:35:09 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Morgana
...Alex Arsenis showed CBS the window used when his home was broken in to two years ago. He told reporters that he'd added extra cameras since hearing about the string of break-ins...

Adding a pistol would be much more effective.

3 posted on 09/04/2023 6:40:15 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: Morgana

Come on people - Let’s call them as we see them!


4 posted on 09/04/2023 7:00:19 PM PDT by sonova (Ask me about hate speech!)
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To: Morgana

Back in the day, when the NY mafia was strong, there were certain neighborhoods in the five boroughs where average street thugs dare not tread (Queens and Brooklyn, in particular; the Bronx was a pit even forty years ago).

Why?

Because you never knew if the home you were targeting was connected. They took care of “issues” in house and brought the pain all the way back to the perperator’s house.

Not defending the mafia, just an observation that a bigger, more ruthless force was a deterrent to crime.


5 posted on 09/04/2023 7:16:51 PM PDT by TheWriterTX (Trust not in earthly princes....!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Here in small city Florida three robberies in a short time in the same affluent neighborhood would probably end the burglars’ lives as they go for the fourth. After one robbery a few of the neighbors would be more alert and if they did not have alarm systems they would get them and would keep their armaments close to hand. After two they would all be ready for it.


6 posted on 09/04/2023 7:17:58 PM PDT by arthurus (* covfefe cc.)
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To: Morgana
cops hunt gang behind three-month robbing spree across ritzy NYC neighborhoods

I don't understand. Why would NYC cops hunt theives?

7 posted on 09/04/2023 7:43:13 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: CurlyDave
Adding a pistol would be much more effective.

It would but this is NYS where you are under the control of *you are not allowed to defend yourself* liberals.

8 posted on 09/04/2023 10:49:52 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: Morgana

9 posted on 09/05/2023 3:06:12 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide
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To: Morgana

The liberals have achieved their goal. We’re all supposed to be helpless little victims of criminals.


10 posted on 09/05/2023 3:24:04 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: Morgana

“quiet cul-de-sacs”

Culs-de-sac is what we were taught.


11 posted on 09/05/2023 3:48:14 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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