A Brooklyn man wanted in the beating of a cop's son is hiding in plain sight in Israel - enraging the victim's dad.
Yitzhak Shuchat, 27, fled after the incident and is living outside Tel Aviv with his wife and children, his family confirmed Monday.
"It's a disgrace," said NYPD cop Moses Charles. "My son is still suffering, and this guy gets to enjoy his life."
Andrew Charles, then 20, was riding his bike through Crown Heights in April 2008 when he was set upon by a gang of men who doused him with pepper spray and beat him with a night stick.
Shuchat - a member of a Hasidic civilian crime patrol named Shmira - was identified as one of the attackers in the racially charged incident.
An arrest warrant was issued in May 2008, although the charges have not been made public.
Shuchat fled to Montreal and then Israel shortly afterward, investigators believe.
His secret was not made public until this year, when a man entirely unconnected to the case hunted the fugitive down and turned over the information to the Brooklyn district attorney's office.
Brooklyn car mechanic Aron Hershkop - a member of a rival crime patrol group, Shomrim - became convinced last year that Shuchat was harassing him from overseas.
Hershkop said his complaints to authorities fell on deaf ears.
So he hired a private investigator, Joe Levin, who easily located Shuchat in Lod, where Israel's largest airport is based.
"If I was able to find him with my resources, why can't the government find him with their resources?" Hershkop said.
He said he told Brooklyn prosecutors last month where they could find Shuchat.
A spokesman for the district attorney would not say how long the office has known where Shuchat is hiding out.
"We have been actively pursuing his extradition, and we will continue to do so," District Attorney Charles Hynes said.
The office referred further questions to the State Department, which referred questions to the Justice Department. The Justice Department declined to comment.
Charles said he was never told investigators knew where to find one of his son's accused attackers - nor was he given an explanation for the holdup.
"I wasn't aware of this. I wasn't given any information," the 42-year-old officer said.
Shuchat did not respond to a message left with his mother-in-law, Rachel Kirschenbaum.
Good job!!! I will be following this case.
ReplyDeletethis yitzrak shuchat is scum. a member of the crown heights chassidim mafia . not better than john gotti and his capos . same thing . no difference .
ReplyDeleterachel kirschenbaum lives in crown heights.
she is a bitchy morroccan bitch loaded with money .
they own a fish 'kosher' restaurant in manhattan, ' levana' , 72nd st and riverside drive, nyc. levana, named after rachel's sister, levana .
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ReplyDeleteHow false can this Joe Levin be? first of all it was not Shuchat this is the only shmira person picture they have second of all Joe Levin is very far from being knowledgeable in Orthodox law. We can go on and on with how false this case is.
ReplyDeleteIt’s funny that exactly one year ago I was sitting at 320 Jay St. at the Shomrim Six trial (where six Jews were facing 15 years jail if g-d forbid convicted on false charges), when Hershkop walked in saying that a Mesira was made on his business and OSHA [ a Federal agency] came- how the world spins.
ReplyDeleteThere is a long history that goes with this story. Over 200 calls were made to 311 to The Buildings Department, NYPD, FDNY, Sanitation Department, OSHA, DEP and
ACS (Child Services) On Mr. Hershkops business. ACS was called on three Hershkop brothers.
The breaking point was when the Shomrim/Hershkop were in court and on a daily basis Mesira was being made.
A privet investigation was made and it was found that it was Shuchat that was making the calls. Shuchats family is Israel was contacted and he was nicely warned (as a Rov suggested be done before reporting), the mesira did not stop.
Over $50.000 has been spent in fines and investigations.
Shuchat is a Mosser. No mercy for Mossrim.
The Sages said that the proper response to someone who comes to kill you is to kill him first (Berakhos 58a)
More to come.
Yitzchok Shuchat has made over 200 complaints/Mesiras on Aron Hershkop alone.
ReplyDeleteWho in Crown Heights takes responsibility? Who gave Shuchat all the information? How did Shuchat know that a delivery of material was just dropped of at the Hershkop home?
This story stinks to the high heaven! Sounds like Harlem
ReplyDelete'shomrim' and 'shmira' have absolutely nothing to do with Chabad or the Rebbe, the fact that they reside in crown highs, and some members might identify as chabad, does not make the organization even remotely connected with Chabad.
ReplyDeleteTheir fighting is deplorable and despicable!!!
all we know about shuchat is that he is a disturbed young man with a sick mind , an attacker , a vicious chabad . enough said .
ReplyDeletewho will attack a bicyclist with no reason ?
just for fun?
what kind of education did shuchat have? a lubavitvh yeshiva education, encouraging violence ?
what is unacceptable in his case is that he was married with kids , therefore supposedly stable . he was not a young man without a structure from the street .
do not blame shuchat's behavior to the fact that he has no dad . shuchat was already a young adult when he lost his dad , living in a STRONG STRUCTURED COMMUNITY .
shuchat should not have gone crazy on the streets , acting like a delinquent .
it's a shame for the crown heights community to have disturbed young men like shuchat, acting like a 15 year old delinquent .
but that the chabad education . there is nothing to do about it .
'''a heart of gold' ..... you must be kidding . or you don't know what you are saying .
people with a ...heart of gold' ..... do not attack on the street WITH NO REASON .
and so what if shuchat went to daven , or go to nursing home , probably dragged by his dad to do so.
and so what if shuchat's home was full of foster kids ? that does not make yitzrak shuchat a good person. you can see the result , right here . his vicious act speaks for itself .
his parents fosters' 'kids' for money . they are well paid for that by the government . shuchat's parents did not bring into their home ' foster' children if they had to pay for them .
Such a nice Jewish boy. Can't be true. lol
ReplyDeleteI know Yitzy Shuchat very well. He is truly an Ish Chesed ,who would help anyone any time of day or night. He was involved in Bikur Cholim, and Shmira for the Crown Heights neiborhood. Before he even had chance to tell his side of the story, and charged by the police the D.A. was out to get him. The D.A told the Daily News that there would not be any deal. If this fight happened in any other community, the Yidden would be screaming that the police was being biast againts Yidden. He went on a call to help his fellow Yidden, and because of politics he is being mossered on. Where is the Crown Heights Community? Instead of giving support to somone who has helped many , knowbody is home. When Yitzy fould out that somone needed money for living expeses or a Matzavah, Yitzy would colect the money. This is his reward for helping people.
ReplyDeletethe initial moser is Lefkowits which has a picture of Shuchat This investigation is false from beginning to end
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