Queens, NY – Jewish Man Charged With Stealing Silver Items From Three Queens Shuls

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    Image grab from the video from security cameras shows the suspect at Young Israel of Queens Valley Queens, NY – A Kew Gardens man was charged Wednesday with looting more than $3,000 worth of religious items from three Queens synagoues over the summer, authorities said.

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    Roman Iskhakov, 26, stole items ranging from silver Torah crowns and wine glasses to cash in the burglaries and then sold the items to pawn shops, according to Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown.

    “The defendant is accused of being a one-man crime wave and brazenly breaking into houses of worship and stealing precious religious items,” Brown said in a statement.

    Surveillance footage captured the alleged thief in the act at Young Israel Queens Valley Synagogue on Aug. 16, 2012

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    fat36
    fat36
    11 years ago

    it hurts to see it. very sad

    Nirah-Lee
    Nirah-Lee
    11 years ago

    Nebach…is he wearing a yarmulka on his head? He must have been very desperate! 🙁

    REALIST
    REALIST
    11 years ago

    Unfortunately, our generation is so badly lacking in yiras Hashem, that wearing a yarmulka hardly stops us from doing aveiros.
    Case in point: Did you ever see someone take off his yarmulka before speaking lashon hora?

    Normal
    Normal
    11 years ago

    He should have stolen the surveillance cameras first.

    sissel613
    sissel613
    11 years ago

    Amazing—the young man who was caught with a $10,000 menorah evoked no sympathy, no nebach. But this guy who did the same darn thing –maybe worse cause it was in a shul– and gets a nebach??? They both hurt to see and they are both nebach if our own is stealing from our own

    11 years ago

    At least this shul and rabbi went after this ganoff.
    I know of other shuls that would have kept it quiet.

    mewhoze
    mewhoze
    11 years ago

    isn’t this the same person?