"In video footage, a 2012 Honda Accord is seen driving into a wooden door at the Crown Heights Chabad building, then backing up and ramming the door again, four more times. Sohail, 36, who's wearing shorts and boots with a mid-weight jacket, is then seen exiting the car and is arrested by NYPD officers."
"State officials previously charged Sohail with four counts, all of which are being considered hate crimes, the day after the attack. He was already in state custody at Rikers Island when federal law enforcement arrested him early Monday morning."
"He identifies as a Jewish person, or is undergoing the process of converting to Judaism, Eisner-Grynberg said of Sohail, who sat beside her sporting khaki jail-issued fatigues, shoulder-length hair, a thick beard and a black velvet kippah."
Dan Sohail, 36, faces federal charges for damaging religious property after an incident on January 28 at the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn. Video footage shows Sohail driving a 2012 Honda Accord into the building's wooden door six times before exiting and being arrested by NYPD. He was previously charged by state authorities with four hate crime counts and was in custody at Rikers Island when federal law enforcement arrested him. His court-appointed attorney argues Sohail was not motivated by bias, noting his mixed religious background and reported interest in converting to Judaism. The attorney claims Sohail had previously visited the Chabad center as a congregant and denies the actions were intentional as prosecutors describe them.
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