Can social media catch a shoplifter? The owners of Pilgrim, the boutique at 70 Orchard Street, posted this photo on twitter and Facebook not long ago. Here's the accompanying message on Facebook:
DEAR POS SHOPLIFTER: YES, THESE ARE THE RARE...
A meeting involving the 7th Precinct and Lower East Side business owners to discuss security concerns on Orchard Street just wrapped up at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center. The event was organized by the LES Business Improvement District...
Thursday afternoon, as Pilgrim boutique co-owner Brian Bennett described his violent encounter with shoplifters 48 hours earlier, two police officers on foot patrol walked slowly up and down his block of Orchard Street. A few doors north, a cruiser...
The NYPD has charged two men and one woman in yesterday's high drama robbery, assault and foot chase on Orchard Street yesterday evening in which the shopkeepers of Pilgrim boutique were injured.
A fourth suspect, who is believed to have been...
A short time ago, Pilgrim, the boutique at 70 Orchard Street was robbed and an employee inside assaulted. We're on the scene and will have more details this evening.
UPDATE 7:08: P.M. - from The Lo-Down's Jennifer Strom on the...