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March 13 • 2008
Shelli Liebman Dorfman
Senior Writer
"The three individuals were caught
through excellent, good old-fashioned
police work:' Loussia said. "Our tacti-
ews that three young teens
cal crime suppression unit assigned to
were apprehended in con-
our patrol division — headed by Sgt.
nection with recent crimes
Porter — teamed up with detectives
committed against members of the
from our investigation unit.
Orthodox Jewish community in
"We were proactive in putting out
Southfield was a relief to Rabbi Avie
special patrols and details the weekend
Shapiro, who was robbed at gunpoint
after the assaults, including officers in
in mid-February outside a relative's
uniform and plainclothes officers. One
home near his own.
of the plainclothes officers observed a
"I'm sure the people who were
subject who fit the description of one
arrested were not my assailants, but I
of the teens, right down to his coat:"
am still glad to know those who were
The questioning of this individual
involved in the other
led officers to the
cases were caught:'
other two.
"They wer e caught
he said.
It is believed,
Police arrested
said Loussia, the
through go od old-
three African
three youths who
American males
were arrested are
this past weekend in fashioned p olice work." responsible for
connection with the
all the March 1
cases of assault and
crimes.
battery that took
— Police Lt. Nick Loussia
It is not known
place on March 1.
whether those
The incidents
arrested in
involved Jewish men walking alone on
Southfield have a connection to similar
Shabbat who were approached in the
crimes in Oak Park this past summer
area bounded by Greenfield, Pierce,
and last winter. No arrests have been
10 Mile and Lincoln. All victims were
made in those cases.
Southfield residents in their 40s and
Both Oak Park and Southfield also
50s wearing Orthodox-style black
provided additional patrols this past
hats, which were knocked off their
weekend because of a large gathering
heads. They were chased, surrounded
of 430 Jewish students who were in
or followed by their assailants with
town from more than a dozen cities
assaults including being pushed, hit
for the 35th Annual Midwest Siyum
with thrown objects and punched. One
HaMishnayos of Pirchei Agudath
victim suffered a minor injury.
Israel of America, a celebration of
According to Southfield Police
the completion of Jewish texts. Rabbi
Lt. Nick Loussia, "Two 14-year-olds
Mordechai Katz of Oak Park, who
— one from Oak Park and one from
heads the group, alerted the police.
•Southfield — were arraigned March
"There were cops all over the place,
10 on charges of felony assault with
both noticeable and not noticeable,"
intent to rob while unarmed:' They are
Rabbi Shapiro said. "Just who we like to
currently at Children's Village, Oakland
see protect us: God first and then the
County's juvenile detention facility,
awaiting disposition of their cases.
For Shapiro, having his own case
The third youth, a 15-year-old from
unsolved keeps him on alert. His
Southfield, was arrested on an alleged
assailants were in their 20s.
misdemeanor of assault and battery
Last week, Rabbi Shapiro saw a man
and released to his parents' custody
who startled him. "He looked like one
pending formal charges.
of my assailants. I called the police,
Loussia said the efforts of the
who were beautiful and professional,
Southfield Police Department's Sgt.
but explained that because there was
Larry Porter, Sgt. Ted Goff and Det.
nothing specific to identify the person
Michael Pieroni are being credited with as one of my assailants, they could not
the arrests.
question him." That case is ongoing. CI
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