NEW YORK
Forward
Josh Nathan-Kazis
May 10, 2018
For nearly three decades, Jacob Daskal has been chasing criminal suspects through the streets of Boro Park as the head of the Shomrim, a private Orthodox Jewish security patrol he founded.
On Thursday, the tables were turned. Police in Brooklyn arrested Daskal for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl. He has been charged with rape in the third degree, among other charges.
Daskal did not answer his phone on Thursday afternoon.
The arrest, first reported by the New York Daily News, shocked the tight-knit Hasidic-dominated neighborhood of Boro Park. Daskal, the president of the Shomrim and one of its founders, has enjoyed exceptionally close ties to the leadership of the local police precinct in Boro Park, and a prominent position in the community.
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