DAMAGED RELIGIOUS ARTIFACTS AND OTHER ITEMS
JB (24) of Somerset County, New Jersey, was arrested on April 22, 2024, on a federal hate crime charge, for a breaking into the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University and destroying and stealing property.
On April 10, 2024, at around 2:41 AM, JB is alleged to have forcibly entered the facility and damaged religious artifacts and other items. He is also said have t purloined a Palestinian flag and “charity box.”
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Levin and Deputy Chief R. Joseph Gribko for the District of New Jersey and Trial Attorney Daniel Grunert of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
A criminal complaint is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
He’ll likely be shown no charity here.
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