Northampton police arrested Amanouz Cafe employee Jamal Assab, and charged him with robbing a Main Street bank with stolen knives.
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Jihad in Northampton – A big Morrocan Mohammedan recently left work cooking falafals for kafirs, stole a set of kitchen knives, and treated Northampton residents to views of real violence and bloodshed.
Gazettenet.com article – April 13, 2011
In 2006, when Jamal was found guilty on a charge of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, he lived at 757 Florence St, a property currently owned by El Hafid, manager and cook at the Mosaic Cafe, and formerly owned by his brother Abid Assab, who owns and operates the Amanouz Cafe.
When Jamal was tackled, 5 large kitchen knives were strewn along the sidewalk. Police are investigating whether he took the knives from Amanouz Cafe, where he works; perhaps to practice a Benihana type of knife juggling act to entertain customers with.
Although Jamal was charged with attempted robbery, this seems an unlikely motive for a man with a job and family in the area.
Where did he expect to escape to? Has someone posted $25,000 bail for him? Where is he living now? Is he still cooking at Amanouz or Mosaic? Is their food halal?
Perhaps Jamal is following the directives of Dr. Hazratji to perpetrate violence and warfare on non-Muslims, although mosque members are generally forbidden from operating motor vehicles while drunk. Violence is encouraged, whether a Muslim likes it or not – but alcohol is strictly forbidden.
Some like it hot!
Unlike Jamal, Mosaic’s cook ElHafid Assad (Assab) “is a gentle, pleasant man, and the seasoning of the dishes reflects his style … but Assad has toned it down for the American palate. He will season dishes more aggressively if you ask.”
Daily Hampshire Gazette
http://www.gazettenet.com/2011/04/14/police-nab-suspect-after-alleged-armed-bank-robbery
NORTHAMPTON – An attempted robbery of a downtown bank ended in a flurry of cash Wednesday afternoon, with a Northampton police officer tackling a city man as he attempted to flee the Main Street institution with the money.
Jamal Assab, 37, was arrested shortly after 3 p.m. following an incident in which we was said to have threatened a bank teller with a kitchen knife, Northampton police said. He is charged with attempted robbery, assault with a dangerous weapon and shoplifting, Northampton police said. Police allege that Assab first stole a set of knives from a Main Street store, which he then used in the attempted robbery at the TD Bank at 175 Main St.
He will be arraigned today in Northampton District Court.
“He went into a store in the downtown area and shoplifted a set of knives,” Sgt. Jody
Kasper said. “Then he went into the TD Bank, drew a knife and robbed the teller in the bank.”
Assab was spotted fleeing the bank with a bundle of cash by Northampton police office Sean Casella, who had responded to a report of an attempted robbery at the bank, Kasper said. “When the officer came up behind (the suspect) on Main Street he still had the knife in his hand,” Kasper said, noting that Casella was able to disarm Assab before wrestling him to the ground.
No one was injured in the fray, she said. Kasper did not disclose how much money was taken from the bank, but she said all the stolen money was accounted for and returned.
The incident produced a dramatic scene on the city’s main thoroughfare Wednesday afternoon. Curious passers-by gawked at a heap $1, $10 and $20 bills, as well as five kitchen knives, a lighter, a key, and a pack of cigarettes that lay strewn about the sidewalk in front of Synergy, a store at 197 Main St. where the alleged robber was tackled. “We heard a scuffle, and the police had tackled him. Then they Maced him,” said Synergy manager Louise Farrelly, pointing out the orange residue left by the spray that could be seen on the sidewalk.
The whole incident took only a few minutes, with police first receiving a report of an armed robbery at TD Bank at 3:08 p.m. Casella tackled Assab to the ground at 3:15 p.m., police said. Assab could be seen shortly thereafter, large reddish marks coloring his face, being placed in a police car.
At the bank, there was little immediate evidence that a robbery had occurred save a closed sign posted on the bank’s door. A police officer was eventually stationed at the bank’s entrance after a group of unknowing customers managed to gain entry to the building. A short way down the street, police strung yellow crime street tape in front of the Synergy doorway where Assab was tackled, but that too had disappeared by 4 p.m.
A bank employee declined to comment when reached by telephone Wednesday afternoon.
Police said they could did not have an exact address for Assab Wednesday evening. He initially gave investigators a Florence address, but police were unsure if that was his real home, Kasper said.
In 2006, Assab submitted to facts sufficient for a guilty finding on a charge of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. At that time, his address was given as 757 Florence St. in Northampton.
As of press time, police could not confirm the location of the alleged shoplifting, in which Assab was said to have stolen the set of knives. Plastic packaging, which appeared to hold the knives, could be seen with a price tag from ACME Surplus at the scene of the crime.
Farrelly said Wednesday’s robbery was the first she had witnessed in downtown Northampton in her 10 years working at Synergy. But she said shoplifting was not
uncommon and that petty crime in general remains a nuisance to Main Street businesses.
“They try to say that nothing unsavory goes on downtown,” she said. “But we see it all.”
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