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Lakewood teen was to touch, knock down Orthodox woman for gang initiation, police say
nj.com ^ | 4/9/14 | Seth Augenstein/The Star-Ledger

Posted on 04/09/2014 2:02:53 PM PDT by Nachum

LAKEWOOD — A teenager was arrested and charged Tuesday night with bias crimes after he was reported luring or harassing females on the street, police said.

Police say the teenager intended to touch and knock down a woman from the Orthodox Jewish community as part of an MS-13 gang initiation.

Rafael Laurano-Flores, 18, was charged with obstruction, resisting arrest, three counts of bias intimidation and three counts of bias harassment, said Sgt. Greg Staffordsmith.

Police were called initially at 7:30 p.m. to the area of 5th Street and Princeton Avenue about an attempted abduction of a 16-year-old girl, Staffordsmith said. However, when police arrived at the intersection they were unable to locate the caller or the victim.

While they were searching, police dispatchers received a second call – this one from just blocks away, in the area of Princeton Avenue and 9th Street, about a man who was attempting to lure or follow a mother and her 16-year-old daughter, Staffordsmith said.

At the same time, members of the Lakewood Community Safety Watch were following a black 2001 BMW SUV that they believed suspicious, police said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: democratscandals; initiation; lakewood; ms13; ms13gang; orthodox; racketeering; rico; teen
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1 posted on 04/09/2014 2:02:53 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

“teen.” Can I guess?


2 posted on 04/09/2014 2:04:01 PM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: Nachum

Yeah, well.

Now he also has one count of snitching against MS-13.


3 posted on 04/09/2014 2:05:13 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: fwdude

A DREAM teen.


4 posted on 04/09/2014 2:05:13 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: Nachum
Rafael Laurano-Flores, 18, was charged with obstruction, resisting arrest, three counts of bias intimidation and three counts of bias harassment...

I bet those "bias" charges have him quaking in his Nike Cortezes.

5 posted on 04/09/2014 2:05:17 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket)
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To: Nachum

Illegal?


6 posted on 04/09/2014 2:06:18 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: fwdude

If you’re guessing if he’s black or not... he’s not. Its MS-13.


7 posted on 04/09/2014 2:08:43 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: Nachum

Use RICO to shut down MS-13 as it was used to bankrupt the KKK.


8 posted on 04/09/2014 2:10:14 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: Nachum

Leave this “Dreamer” alone!!


9 posted on 04/09/2014 2:12:14 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: Mamzelle
A DREAM teen.

Maybe Jeb Bush can put him up for a few months... You know, 'share the love'....

10 posted on 04/09/2014 2:14:53 PM PDT by GOPJ (When fascism comes it will come..with promises of a better world.The jackboots come later..-Shapiro)
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To: Nachum
This comment from the actual reporter at the bottom of his article is priceless:

Seth Augenstein/The Star-Ledger

Hello - Would just remind everyone that the teenager in question is innocent until proven guilty. I asked for the police to elaborate on how they established this was a gang initiation, and they said they couldn't give more details at this point. For this initial story (about 12 hours after the alleged crime) the suspect's citizenship and legal status are not yet germane, in my estimation. If he is convicted and it has bearing on the case, the relevant details will be reported.

11 posted on 04/09/2014 2:18:07 PM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: bigdaddy45

Define Black. With specificity.


14 posted on 04/09/2014 2:38:43 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Nachum

“Bias” as opposed to “hate crime.” Guess it depends on who the victim is.


15 posted on 04/09/2014 2:39:43 PM PDT by Missouri gal
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To: Nachum

Notice how quick the authorities are to pile on “bias crime” charges when the victims are members of a privileged group.

In 95% of the cases we read about like this, the police are falling all over themselves to deny bias as a motive, no matter how overwhelming the evidence.


16 posted on 04/09/2014 2:40:10 PM PDT by Monmouth78
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To: Paladin2

Of African origin. As opposed to of latin / hispanic origin (MS-13)


17 posted on 04/09/2014 2:40:49 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: Nachum

His father committed an Act of Love so his precious little boy could beat up innocent women on the street. Jeb Bush must be so proud.


18 posted on 04/09/2014 2:42:46 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: bigdaddy45

Lotsa African slaves “went” to the Caribbean and South America.


19 posted on 04/09/2014 2:44:15 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: fwdude

If the FBI is NOT involved we can assume the teen is a member of a protected democrat victim group.

And the IRS won’t go after his parents...


20 posted on 04/09/2014 2:50:14 PM PDT by GOPJ (When fascism comes it will come..with promises of a better world.The jackboots come later..-Shapiro)
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