An antisemitic young man was prosecuted for harming an ultra-Orthodox man for no reason. An indictment was filed yesterday against the young man with a charge of hate crime and other offenses, against an ultra-Orthodox from Williamsburg
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced yesterday (Thursday) that a young man from Brooklyn has been prosecuted for assault with the ‘hate crime’ clause and other offenses in connection with the assault against a Jewish man in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Last April the victim walked into a synagogue on Saturday, and was attacked for no reason.
District Attorney Gonzalez said. “For no reason or provocation, this defendant allegedly assaulted an innocent man just because of his Jewish faith. Crimes directed at individuals because of their religion, race, ethnicity, are a threat to everything we represent here in Brooklyn, we will seek to blame the man who beat the victim.”
The district attorney announced that the attacker is Logan Jones, 18, of Staten Island. He was indicted yesterday before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun after being indicted on charges of third-degree assault as a hate crime, third-degree threat as a hate crime, attempted assault as a hate crime, third-degree assault and second-degree harassment. The bail was set at $ 30,000 and the defendant was ordered to return to court on June 24, 2022. The Yeshiva world news website reported.
The district attorney said that according to the investigation, on April 1, 2022, at approximately 7:55 p.m., Saturday, at 58 Gerry Street, a group of five people approached the victim, 21, and his wife, as they were walking to the synagogue, the defendant suddenly started hitting the victim in the face With fists, the defendant and two others repeatedly kicked the victim when he fell to the ground. “
According to the investigation, the gang fled the scene after the victim’s wife asked a passerby to call the police, the victim suffered severe pain in the head and body and cheek, as well as bruises on the face.