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 ...

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 ...

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 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, ...