A woman was the victim of a strong-armed robbery in broad daylight in Flatbush, Wednesday morning.
Flatbush Scoop reported that at around 11:30AM, a suspect approached a female victim on Kings Highway and East 13th Street, displayed a firearm, and stole an expensive Rolex watch. The suspect(s) fled in a black Honda Pilot.
The NYPD and Flatbush Shomrim were on the scene in seconds, but the suspect had already fled. Dozens of Shomrim and NYPD were canvassing the area, as an NYPD Chopper hovered overhead searching the area as well.
Flatbush Hatzolah responded to treat the victim, who suffered a panic attack. Thankfully, she was not injured.
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9 Responses
Sounds like an insurance scam. What was the occasion she was wearing such a watch?
@Bklyntrucker why the stupid comment
What a stupid comment bklyntrucker! A poor woman was held at gunpoint probably scared to death and u joke around about it being an insurance scam and her wearing the watch as a special occasion
Lesson learned – don’t wear a Rolex in NYC, (home to thousands of people who wouldn’t be on New York’s streets and in private homes if not for the current Mayor) even in broad daylight.
U sound like an insurance scam
Did the Honda Pilot driver hang around to watch the show? Were the NYPD convinced that his vehicle didn’t have a gas pedal and thus a search for him along with helicopters would yield the perp? Are they so stupid?
To bklyntrucker: I think the occasion was … Wednesday.
Please ignore a previous post by Trucker.
There are people, men and women that wear fairly expensive watches on a daily basis. I had a store in the same neighborhood and I was oblivious till I brought in a salesgirl that I knew. The first day she asked me why some customers were bargaining, I explained my goods were not cheap. She then explained that she was of an east European background and knew these things. She asked me if I was stupid or blind to not notice the expensive watches being worn. She also assured me they were real.
More recently I worked in a slum neighborhood. The clerk in a call phone store spotted my Ball Watch immediately as an automatic. He told me he was new to working here, previously he was in the drug business and in jail. He spotted the sweep of my watch as simply as you could spot a person’s clothing color. He actually remained clean of crime after that, he really wanted to avoid jail!
Our once-great city has become a crime-infested sewer.
As for wearing a Rolex: To pay a king’s ransom for a timepiece is frivolous to say the least. I remember when I purchased a pair of Citizen watches for my parents’ fiftieth wedding anniversary עליהם השלום. They loved the watches, which still work beautifully. I just need to change the battery every five years on average.
The set cost me a little over $100.00, including the cost of engraving the case backs. True, this was about thirty years ago, but the point remains, as שלמה המלך ע”ה said in Mishlei: אוֹצָר נֶחְמָד וָשֶׁמֶן בִּנְוֵה חָכָם וּכְסִיל אָדָם יְבַלְּעֶֽנּוּ – “There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but the foolish man swallows it up.”