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Man who rammed car into Chabad headquarters in NYC pleads not guilty to federal charge
Dan Sohail faces up to three years in prison after allegedly ramming the Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters five times in an incident raising mental health concerns, prosecutors said.
- At a federal arraignment Monday, Dan Sohail entered a not guilty plea to a federal charge of intentionally damaging religious property in Brooklyn federal court.
- Defense attorney Mia Eisner-Grynberg argued the actions were not intentional, and family members and Chabad rabbis said Sohail suffered from mental health issues, not hatred.
- Video footage shows the vehicle repeatedly striking the entrance as a 2012 Honda Accord rammed the Chabad side entrance five times after protective stanchions were moved, knocking the door off its hinges.
- He was taken into federal custody Monday and will be held in a Brooklyn federal jail pending a bail hearing Wednesday; U.S. Magistrate Judge Clay Kaminsky requires bail conditions and mental-health evaluation.
- The federal charge was not labeled as a hate crime, though state prosecutors filed multiple hate-crime counts, and Gov. Kathy Hochul warned, `There could be retaliation from these efforts and not just on the fields in Iran and the Middle East`.
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Hastings TribuneMan who rammed car into Brooklyn Chabad headquarters arrested on federal charges
NEW YORK — The man accused of ramming his car into the Chabad World Headquarters in Brooklyn now faces federal charges for the bizarre Jan. 28. episode. Dan Sohail, 36, already faces state hate crime charges after he repeatedly rammed…
Federal charges added for man accused of ramming car into Chabad headquarters in Brooklyn as judge suggests mental health treatment
The man accused of repeatedly ramming his car into the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn in late January is now federally charged with damaging
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