Man gets 6-month sentence for ramming car into Jewish group’s NY world headquarters
Dan Sohail must serve seven more days and pay $19,010 after admitting he rammed his car into the synagogue entrance.
- Dan Sohail, a 36-year-old man from Carteret, New Jersey, was sentenced to time served plus seven days for intentionally damaging the Chabad-Lubavitch movement's global headquarters in Crown Heights, New York.
- On January 28, Sohail rammed his car into the synagogue's side entrance during an event commemorating the Chabad movement leader's death anniversary, causing significant damage but no injuries.
- He has served about six months in custody and was ordered to pay approximately $19,010 in restitution for repairs.
- Prosecutors emphasized that the attack targeted a sacred Jewish site during a religious event, but there was insufficient evidence to charge Sohail with a hate crime.
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