By COLlive reporter
A jury found James Vincent guilty on all charges of strangulation and assault as hate crimes for an unprovoked attack on a Jewish man in Crown Heights. The verdict was issued on Wednesday.
Vincent was on trial for the 17-count indictment in connection with a Shabbos afternoon attack on Crown Heights resident Menachem Moskowitz on April 21, 2018.
Moscowitz was walking home from synagogue at around 1 p.m. when prosecutors say he passed Vincent near Rutland Road and East 46th Street, who alleged yelled, “You [expletive] Jew, you Jews took my house and mortgage.”
Vincent rushed the older man from behind and squeezed Moscowitz’s neck, then punched him in the head and body and squeezed his arms around the man’s head. Two bystanders intervened as Vincent allegedly continued to yell anti-Semitic epithets. Then he ran off.
Prosecutors say surveillance video helped identify the suspect, who they also learned used a credit card bearing his name to buy ice cream at a store near the scene of the attack. He was arrested on April 27, 2018.
Moskowitz followed the proceedings virtually alongside community activist Yaacov Behrman and raised his hands in the air upon hearing the verdict.
“The street will be safer now,” Moskowitz commented to COLlive.com before going to Mincha-Maariv davening. He thanked Adriana Rodriguez and the District Attorney’s office, as well as the wide “support from the Crown Heights community and Klal Yisroel.”
Behrman said that for Moskowitz it was still recovering from the traumatic attack. “This is a very important development which would allow him to know focus on continuing to heal.”
Sentencing will be on December 13, 2021. Vincent can face up to 25 years in prison.
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And how very pathetic that the city waited all this time to bring him to trial.
And show support!!
I couldnt get into the meeting
I dont see a time in the article
I called the +13473784143 number, and they told me to wait to be admitted to the meeting, but just put me on hold, and are giving me elevator music.
Please let us know if the meeting is on.
Was hard to hear but stayed logged in to show support
Can anyone let us know what time the meeting is
Lunch break now and trial supposed to continue at 2:15
Lunch break till 2:15
Anyone hearing anything?
What the end of the trial?
To be punished to the fullest extent of law and kept far away from society for a very, very long time.
Should be executed. The 7 Noahide Laws.
Sounds more like his own bad habits and sociopathic behavior took away his ‘home and his mortgage’ – if he had one in the first place, which is highly unlikely. I somehow suspect that he is not.. a hardworking, honest employee who faithfully brings home a paycheck every week while building up good credit.
The perp. should be executed according to The Noahide Laws.
Government loves crime…$.
They also keep busy.
Is there any activity going on?
Can anyone see and hear anything? I’m not getting anything..is it only me? Thanks!!
And what, 12 months than free?
That won’t be real justice
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But what is his sentence? Will he be put out of reach of civilized society for the foreseeable future? That’s the ONLY outcome we want to hear.
Sentencing December 13, 2021…faces up to 25 years