For months, a Brooklyn Shomrim leader coerced a teenage girl into an illegal sexual relationship, using his status as the anti-crime patrol’s chief to scare her into keeping quiet, federal prosecutors ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The former head of an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood watch group pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that he forced a troubled ...

Jacob Daskal, head of a private Orthodox crime patrol, took a 15-year-old runaway to his upstate home. Her family thought he was helping. By Colin Moynihan Jacob Daskal, who founded an ultra-Orthodox ...

The former head of the Borough Park Shomrim is facing up to 17 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a minor. Jacob Daskal, the 64-year-old former leader of the religious safety ...

Once only trained to prevent street crime, teams now receive lessons on counter-terror tactics and spotting threats, bringing the local patrollers deeper into overall Jewish security network The post ...

When an 8-year-old boy from an insulated, ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn failed to make it home from day camp, his parents' first call was not to the police, but to the Shomrim patrol, ...

The former head of an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood watch group pleaded guilty on Friday to charges that he forced a troubled 15-year-old girl to have sex. Brooklyn Shomrim leader Jacob Daskal, 64, ...