Crime & Safety
4 More Teens Arrested for Prospect-Lefferts Gardens School Bus Fire
All four are between 11 and 14, and were charged with arson as a hate crime and criminal mischief as a hate crime.
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PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS, BROOKLYN — Police arrested four additional teenage boys Thursday in connection to a May 8 school bus fire outside Beth Rivkah Elementary, a Jewish girls school at the intersection of Brooklyn and Lefferts avenues.
The NYPD did not release the names of the children, but said they were all Brooklyn residents between the ages of 11 and 14.
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All four were charged by police with arson as a hate crime and criminal mischief as a hate crime, according to the NYPD.
A fifth 11-year-old boy was arrested earlier this week in connection to the fire. Police handed him the same charges.
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Surveillance footage published by CrownHeights.info, a news website that covers the Orthodox community, shows a group of boys running into the bus with cardboard. Shortly after, a fire can be seen burning inside the vehicle.
According to the NYPD, while the bus was damaged, the fire did not cause any injuries.
Earlier this week, Beth Rivkah parent Chani Klein expressed sympathy for the teens, telling the New York Daily News, "I'd like to see these kids get some help."
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