Man sentenced to 6 months in jail for ramming car into Jewish group's world headquarters in New York

A antheral was sentenced connected Wednesday to six months and a week down bars for ramming his car into the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters successful January, damaging immoderate of the a side-entrance door.

Dan Sohail, 36, of New Jersey, was sentenced successful Brooklyn national court, wherever helium was besides ordered to wage $20,000 successful restitution. The condemnation volition let Sohail, who has already spent six months successful custody, to beryllium released successful astir a week.

Sohail was charged with intentionally damaging spiritual property, and helium pleaded blameworthy successful May.

Prosecutors recommended a 14-month sentence, which would person kept Sohail down bars for astir different 8 months, but the justice declined the request. Prosecutors sought the longer condemnation arsenic a deterrent to aboriginal attacks connected Jewish institutions amid a emergence successful antisemitic hatred crimes.

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Dan Sohail was sentenced to six months and a week down bars for ramming his car into the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

On Jan. 28, Sohail repeatedly rammed his conveyance into the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters. He moved protective barriers, gestured for congregants to get retired of the mode and drove his car into the building’s broadside entranceway 5 times, knocking the doorway disconnected its hinges and destroying his car's beforehand bumper.

While the doors were damaged, nary injuries were reported.

Judge Eric N. Vitaliano said helium was "somewhat saddened" that the Justice Department wanted him to beryllium influenced astatine sentencing by the public’s mistaken archetypal content that the onslaught was a hatred crime.

Prosecutors said up of sentencing that 80 of 146 hatred transgression incidents crossed New York City since the commencement of the twelvemonth were based connected crimes targeting Jewish radical and institutions.

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Judge Eric N. Vitaliano said helium was "somewhat saddened" to spot that the DOJ attempted to power him by a mistaken archetypal content among the nationalist that the onslaught was a hatred crime. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

But Vitaliano said the government's propulsion for a stricter condemnation arsenic a deterrent to aboriginal attacks was successful portion based connected the incidental initially being labeled arsenic an "I-hate-the-Jews crime, or, worse, an act-of-terrorism crime."

The justice cited a psychiatric study and said Sohail's intelligence wellness challenges "played an important role" successful his sentencing.

"This is simply a bittersweet tale," Vitaliano said.

Sohail's lawyer, Mia Eisner-Grynberg, said helium had been trying to triumph acceptance astatine the Jewish instauration arsenic helium struggled with intelligence issues.

Dan Sohail was charged with intentionally damaging spiritual property, pleading blameworthy successful May. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Eisner-Grynberg told the justice successful tribunal papers earlier sentencing that Sohail was battling slump and post-traumatic accent upset aft a traumatic puerility erstwhile helium carried retired the attack, adjacent arsenic helium "desperately sought belonging and knowing done his exploration of Judaism."

She said Sohail attended the Chabad helium aboriginal attacked, uncovering rabbinical students determination "warm and welcoming."

Sohail "danced with them" and followed their proposal to sojourn Israel, but helium became erratic and highly anxious aft returning to the U.S., "begging" members of Chabad to assistance him, Eisner-Grynberg said.

Ramming the car into the gathering was "an irrational outcry for help," she said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.