Crime & Safety
Man Lobs Anti-Semitic Slurs At Woman Outside Queens Yeshiva: NYPD
A man made anti-Semitic remarks and spit at a woman after he was blocked from entering a yeshiva in Far Rockaway, the police say.
FAR ROCKAWAY, QUEENS — A man made anti-Semitic remarks and spit at a woman after he was blocked from entering a Queens yeshiva, according to the police.
The unidentified man is wanted for harassment for the Dec. 24 incident, which unfolded after he tried to walk into Talmud Torah Siach Yitzchok in Far Rockaway but was barred by school staff, police said.
He then walked over to a car stopped in front of the yeshiva, made anti-Semitic remarks to the 44-year-old woman behind the wheel and spit at her through an open passenger window, according to the NYPD.
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Police released surveillance footage late Friday in an attempt to identify the man, whom they described as in his twenties with a slim build.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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