BROOKLYN SHOPLIFTER RUNS, STEALS VAN, DRIVES AWAY, AND IS CAUGHT AFTER HE CRASHES IN ACCIDENT
From:New York attorney Gary E. Rosenberg (personal injury and accident attorney and lawyer; serving Brooklyn Queens Bronx; Brooklyn Injury Attorney)
On Thursday, July 8, 2010, at about 5:00 PM, Jay Wilkins was in the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Park Slope, Brooklyn, when he decided to do a little shoplifting. A cop sees him; Wilkins struggles and runs. Out in the street he punches out a van driver and steals his van.
Wilkins leads cops on a chase through the streets of Brooklyn and, crashing the van about fice blocks from the bookstore, is grabbed by police - he doesn't get away this time.
The driver of the van, Valarae Green, was taken to Brooklyn's New York Methodist Hospital for treatment of his injuries.
Wilkins will be getting a mental health evaluation. Authorities are expected to throw the book at him.


























