Crime & Safety
Rock Thrown Through Kensington Woman's Window Twice: Report
An 84-year-old Kensington woman filed a report with the police on Tuesday about the duo of incidents, the NYPD confirmed.
KENSINGTON, BROOKLYN — An elderly Kensington woman has twice had rocks launched into her home, CBS New York reported Wednesday.
An 84-year-old Kensington resident told police a rock had been thrown into her windows and shattered them twice in recent weeks, the NYPD confirmed Thursday. The first rock-throwing incident was not reported at the time it occurred, police said.
The second rock was heaved through Sofia Leyderman's second-story bedroom window early on Tuesday and damaged a wall on the other side of the room, CBS reported.
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Tuesday's incident wasn't the first time this happened, Leyderman told CBS. Two weeks ago, someone threw a rock into a different window of her home, she said.
"You saw the rock, like a bullet, like a bullet!" said Leyderman's son, Leonid Leyderman, who smoke to CBS because his mother speaks mostly Russian. “Take a look at this rock. If it hit my mother, God forbid."
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Police are investigating the incident, which is classified as criminal mischief, and don't have a description of the suspect, an NYPD spokesperson said.
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