OMG! My Dry Cleaner Found Dead in WT**Arrest Made!**

This was the safety meeting.

DeBlasio was there, as was somebody from the DA's office and a police captain.

Honestly, I don't think much was accomplished, except maybe having them hear the neighborhood concerns.

A few store owners were there - Christine from the beauty salon on 10th Ave. and the woman from A Moveable Feast on PPW, who was robbed last week.

The big message was to keep calling 911 if you see something suspicious.

Jamal Winter is going in front of the Grand Jury tomorrow and it seems tha they'll have enough proof to indict him (I've read that his prints were found in the store and he already has been convicted of another crime). Grand Jury burden of proof is lower than what it is at trial. If he's indicted, he won't be eligible for bail. Right now he's out as there was an "oversight" from his last conviction (he should have been locked up for violating his parole by commiting crime #2 (an armed robbery on 16th st/4th ave), but because of a law change and nobody telling him he'd be on parole, he was out on the street and able to do this latest crime).

there's a website: www.windsorterracealliance.org which apparently keeps in touch with the precinct and offered to provide updates.

Honestly, I don't think much was accomplished, except maybe having them hear the neighborhood concerns.

I feel the same way.

They (very) briefly addressed the problem of lack of communication between precincts but they don't seem nearly as concerned as they should be. For example, they consider the park out of their jurisdiction. OK, fine, but TALK TO THE COPS IN THAT PRECINCT! When my apartment was broken into and my dog was stolen back in January, none of the cops or detectives I spoke with were aware of the increasing frequency of pet theft despite mutiple cases I've read about in Park Slope alone.

Eh, it was mostly the same crowd as who attends the CB meeting

I saw the news trucks and they were filming the whole thing. I didnt see the coverage yet on NY1, but I'll keep an eye out

Flexichick wrote: Eh, it was mostly the same crowd as who attends the CB meeting

I saw the news trucks and they were filming the whole thing. I didnt see the coverage yet on NY1, but I'll keep an eye out

Ah, nice break for CB7 then...

Here's the story on Jamal Winter's arrest last year:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/06222007/news/nypdblotter/nypdblotter.htm?page=2

The DA's name is Charles Hynes. Here is his website:

http://www.brooklynda.org/

What might also be helpful is to call 1-888-VINE4NY which allows you to enter in Jamal Winter's name and get an updated status as to whether he is behind bars. I checked on Saturday, and he was....and I also gave this info to Linda's son (the younger one) at the store

Don't forget to take one minute and make a donation to the Linda Woo memorial:

http://windsorterracealliance.org/

drycleaners wrote: that's horrible news. we are associate with dry cleaners in australia that know of similar misfortune that's happened within the industry. all the best for the family of this <

what a disgusting piece of shit you are to bring up this thread just to advertise your business. i hope you rot in hell

mods, please remove

Mod Note: Links and spammer deleted.

I don't intend to hijack this thread, but, I'm moving to Park Slope this week, 6th around 12th st, from the Upper East Side. I feel really safe in the UES, and I assumed that Park Slope was a very similar neighborhood in terms of crime. Am I wrong? What's with all these robberies and murders (ok, one)? Is this highly unusual? We have an odd schedule where we are usually out at 1, 2am on the UES, is this not advised in PS?
But on a related note, this is horribly sad.