>>510706502In January 2024, a conflict arose at the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn when construction workers hired by synagogue leaders attempted to fill in an unauthorized tunnel. This incident resulted in 9 arrests. The tunnel was discovered after a structural issue was noticed, leading to the discovery of the illegal excavation.
Many refused to come out of the tunnel, and as a result, police arrested nine people. Those arrested were between the ages of 19 and 22. Of those arrested, five were later arraigned in front of a Brooklyn judge on charges including criminal mischief, reckless endangerment, and obstructing governmental administration.
In January 2025, six defendants accepted plea deals for reduced charges of criminal mischief.
Thirteen men were arraigned on charges relating to the incident. Six defendants subsequently pleaded guilty. Six more defendants accepted a plea bargain in January 2025, while four defendants refused to accept a plea deal and were set to be tried.
Four men accused of damaging a Brooklyn synagogue during a melee that followed the discovery of a secret tunnel at the global headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement of Hasidic Judaism are set to stand trial after turning down a plea deal offered by prosecutors.
The men face felony criminal mischief charges for their alleged role in a brawl last January that damaged parts of the famed complex, a deeply revered Jewish site that receives thousands of visitors annually.
Sixteen people were arrested following the altercation, which was partially captured on video, drawing widespread social media attention and curiosity.
Four of the defendants โ Yaakov Rothchild, Yisroel Binyamin, Yerachmiel Blumenfeld and Menachem Maidanchik โ declined the plea deal offered by the Brooklyn District Attorneyโs Office.
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