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NJ man faces hate crime charges in NYC synagogue crash – as sources reveal mental health struggles, interest in Judaism
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New York Post
4 Dan Sohail, 36, will face hate crime charges for allegedly ramming his car into 770 Eastern Parkway.
Daniel YeroshalmiPolice charged Sohail with attempted assault, criminal mischief and aggravated harassment — all as hate crimes, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said.
“The hate crime right now is that he basically attacked the Jewish institution,” Kenny said.
Neighbors and sources said Sohail acted increasingly manic and recently had been sleeping inside his car parked outside his mother’s Carteret, NJ, home.
4 Video shows Sohail, who sources said had been fixating on converting to Judaism, dancing inside 770 Eastern Parkway.