Crime & Safety

NYPD: Woman Caught On Camera Pouring Gasoline, Setting Fire At Brooklyn Yeshiva In Possible Bias Crime

It's being investigated as a possible bias crime, CBS2's John Dias reported Friday.

October 15, 2021

Police are searching for a woman accused of setting a fire outside a Brooklyn yeshiva.

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It’s being investigated as a possible bias crime, CBS2’s John Dias reported Friday.

Video from Avenue J in Midwood shows the woman police are looking for. She takes a portable, red gasoline canister and drenches the perimeter of the Yeshiva of Flatbush around 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

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