New York City Man Charged with Federal Hate Crimes for Attack at Manhattan Synagogue

The record

Publisher

U.S. Department of Justice

Source

U.S. Department of Justice

Kind

Release

Jurisdiction

United States

Topics

Enforcement

Importance

Notable, the middle of three tiers Kresmion sets by fixed rules from the source's own fields

Published (source time)

2026-08-18 12:00 UTC

First seen on Kresmion

2026-08-18 20:01 UTC, 8 h after publication

The original

Link checked 2026-10-27: available.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice. U.S. Government work.

The publisher's summary

The Department of Justice announced today that Larry Montes was charged with two counts of committing hate crimes in connection with his race- and religious-based assaults of a congregant and a security guard during a Shabbat service at a synagogue in Manhattan on Aug. 14, as well as one count of destruction of religious property resulting in bodily injury. Montes is currently in state custody and will be transported to and presented in Manhattan federal court at a later date to face the federal charges filed in the Southern District of New York.

The publisher's words, as published.