US EditionMan who rammed car into Chabad headquarters in NYC pleads not guilty to federal charge
Dan Sohail, 36, faces up to three years in prison for intentionally damaging the Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters, with federal charges filed after the January 28 incident.
- 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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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…
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