"A serial burglar who racked up 17 previous arrests stole dough out of a Brooklyn synagogue and then used the subway tracks for his unsuccessful escape route, police said Wednesday. Career criminal Arthur Jack, 55, crept into Congregation Shaarei Zion of Bobov and snatched $285 from a locked donation box around 4:45 a.m. Wednesday near 15th Avenue and 48th Street in Borough Park, according to cops."
"The career criminal jumped on elevated train tracks on the 50th Street D line in a desperate attempt for freedom - but cops eventually caught up to the unholy thief at the station. He was charged with burglary, criminal trespassing and criminal possession of stolen property - racking up his 18th arrest, according to officials. It's not his first time stealing from Big Apple temples."
Arthur Jack, 55, entered Congregation Shaarei Zion of Bobov in Borough Park around 4:45 a.m. and removed $285 from a locked donation box. Witnesses inside the synagogue followed Jack for more than half a mile as he fled. Jack attempted to evade capture by jumping onto elevated train tracks on the 50th Street D line but was detained at the station. Police charged him with burglary, criminal trespassing and criminal possession of stolen property, marking his 18th arrest. Jack previously burglarized a Flatbush synagogue in 2012 and served ten years at Fishkill Correctional Institution before his 2023 release.
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