"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 New York Police Department 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, was arrested after driving a 2012 Honda Accord into the entrance door of the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, ramming it six times before exiting and being apprehended by NYPD officers. Previously charged by state authorities with four hate crime counts, Sohail now faces federal charges for damaging religious property. His court-appointed attorney argues the incident was not intentionally bias-driven, noting that Sohail, whose mother is Catholic and father is Muslim, has expressed interest in Judaism and is converting to the faith. The defense contends Sohail had previously visited the Chabad center as a congregant and denies the actions were intentional as prosecutors describe them.
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