Dan Sohail

A New Jersey man who drove his car into a Brooklyn synagogue was sentenced to time served plus seven days. The judge ruled the act a property crime rather than a hate crime and mandated mental health treatment.

Dan Sohail, 36, was sentenced to six months and a week in federal prison for ramming his car into the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in New York, causing property damage but no injuries. The judge considered his mental health struggles, including depression and PTSD, and rejected prosecutors' request for a longer sentence as a deterrent to antisemitic hate crimes.

Dan Sohail, who rammed a car into NYC’s Chabad headquarters, was sentenced to time served. The judge stated he needs mental health treatment and does not exhibit hatred toward Jews.

A man was sentenced to six months and a week in prison for ramming his car into the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn. The judge cited the man's mental health struggles as a key factor in his decision, while prosecutors argued for a harsher sentence due to rising anti-Jewish hate crimes.

Dan Sohail crashed his car into the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, causing property damage but no injuries. A judge sentenced him to time served plus seven days for mental health care, rejecting the DOJ's request for a 14-month sentence as a deterrent for antisemitic crimes, emphasizing the case was a property crime, not a hate crime.

A New Jersey man, Dan Sohail, admitted to intentionally damaging the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, by repeatedly driving his car into the synagogue during a memorial event.