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2023-02-03 -Lurid Crime Tales-
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Poss. mentally ill suspect arrested, charged with firebombing synagogue in New Jersey
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[IsraelTimes] Nicholas Malindretos, suspected of hurling Molotov cocktail at Temple Ner Tamid on Sunday, faces up to 20 years in prison
Authorities in New Jersey on Wednesday said they had arrested a suspect for Molotov cocktailing a synagogue over the weekend. The attack on Temple Ner Tamid in the town of Bloomfield early Sunday morning caused no injuries or damage.
The federal US attorney’s office in New Jersey said Nicholas Malindretos, 26, was arrested in connection with the crime.
Malindretos, from the nearby town of Clifton in Passaic County, was charged with one count of attempted use of fire to damage and destroy a building used in interstate commerce. The charge carries a minimum sentence of five years in prison, a maximum sentence of 20 years and a fine of $250,000.
Malindretos will appear in federal court in Newark on Thursday.
"No one should find that their lives are at risk by exercising their faith," US Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. "We will continue to devote whatever resources are necessary to keep our Jewish community and all New Jersey residents safe."
Ner Tamid’s security cameras recorded the suspect approaching the synagogue at 3:19 a.m. on Sunday. The man lit a Molotov cocktail, threw it at the building’s door, where it broke on impact, and fled down the driveway. The synagogue’s doors had been reinforced as a security measure.
The arrest complaint said a license plate reading device recorded a vehicle in the area shortly before and after the attack. Law enforcement located the vehicle in Clifton on Tuesday and saw items that appeared to be related to the attack inside, including clothing and bottles of liquid.
Officers obtained a search warrant for the vehicle and carried out a search on Wednesday. Inside they found a sweatshirt and white gloves that matched those worn by the suspect in the surveillance video.
Video cameras in the area of the incident also recorded the vehicle and a suspect that appeared to be Malindretos around the time of the attack.
Federal, state and local agencies were involved in the search, including the FBI
 ...Formerly one of the world's premier criminal investigation organizations, something for a nation to be proud of. Now it's a political arm of the Deep State oligarchy that is willing to trump up charges, suppress evidence, or take out insurance policies come election time...
and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The Essex County sheriff’s office had also offered a $10,000 reward for information on the case.
Bloomfield is in Essex County, around 30 minutes by car west of Manhattan.
Map with potential targets found at NJ firebombing suspect's home, prosecutors say
[WABC] A federal judge in Newark on Thursday ordered alleged synagogue Molotov cocktailer Nicholas Malindretos held without bail following a brief hearing.
Federal agents found gasoline, wicks and lighters in his home, as well as notes with a circle drawn in a 10-mile radius on a map, with "a ten-mile radius of targets" with police and military as potential targets, prosecutors said.
They referred to unspecified mental health issues, but U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger declined to elaborate.
Nuts rather than jihadi, white supremacist, or African-American. Got it. "This defendant has been charged with a very serious offense: throwing a Molotov cocktail at a facility, the temple, which has maximum of 20 years in prison," Sellinger said.
He declined to say whether bias charges could be added but noted, "This investigation has just begun."
Prosecutors said Malindretos, who is 26, has no prior felony arrests, has no home and has been living in a friend's basement apartment.
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