Man gets 6-month sentence for ramming car into Jewish group’s NY world headquarters
Summary
A New Jersey man was sentenced to six months in jail for driving his car into the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn, New York. The judge noted the man's mental health problems and said the attack was not a hate crime as initially thought.Key Facts
- The attacker was Dan Sohail, age 36, from New Jersey.
- He rammed his car into the Jewish organization's headquarters five times, damaging the entrance and his car.
- No one was hurt in the incident.
- Prosecutors wanted a longer sentence to warn others amid rising hate crimes against Jewish people.
- The judge sentenced Sohail to six months and one week, allowing his release soon since he was already detained six months.
- Sohail has depression and post-traumatic stress disorder from a difficult childhood.
- His lawyer said he tried to connect with the Jewish community but became anxious and acted irrationally.
- Sohail pleaded guilty to damaging religious property and did not face hate crime charges.
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