3 days ago · ALBANY, NEW YORK – Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, age 29, of Schenectady, New York, pled guilty today to civil rights and firearm charges related to his firing shots outside of an Albany synagogue. Alkhader pled guilty to obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs by threat of force, brandishing a firearm during the commission of this offense ...

1 day ago · An upstate New York man pleaded guilty Tuesday to firing two shotgun blasts outside a Jewish synagogue in Albany on the first night of Hanukkah in 2023. Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 29, had been arrested ...

2 days ago · Mufid Fawaz Alkhader was arrested in December 2023 after firing two shots in the air and shouting “Free Palestine!” outside Temple Israel of Albany. Alkhader’s shotgun jammed before he could fire a third time. The Iraqi-born U.S. citizen was arrested soon after and complained about events in the Middle East, according to federal prosecutors.

2 days ago · Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, the man charged with firing two shotgun blasts outside Temple Israel in Albany, is escorted back to Albany County Jail after appearing in U.S. District Court on Dec. 14, 2023.

2 days ago · Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 29, of Schenectady, New York, was arrested in December 2023 after firing two shots and yelling "Free Palestine!" outside Temple Israel in Albany, New York, just hours before ...

1 day ago · Mufid Fawaz Alkhader was arrested in December 2023 after firing two shots in the air and shouting “Free Palestine!” outside Temple Israel of Albany. Alkhader’s shotgun jammed before he could ...

2 days ago · Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 29, of Schenectady, pleaded guilty to obstructing religious freedom by threat of force, unlawfully acquiring a firearm, and brandishing it during the crime in Albany federal court on Tuesday, Feb. 4. The formal confession came more than a year after Alkhader took an Uber from ...

3 days ago · Mufid Fawaz Alkhader was arrested in December 2023 after firing two shots in the air and shouting ''Free Palestine!'' outside Temple Israel of Albany. Alkhader's shotgun jammed before he could ...

2 days ago · ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York man accused of firing a shotgun outside of an Albany synagogue has pleaded guilty to a hate crime.. Federal prosecutors said 29-year-old Mufid Fawaz Alkhader of ...

2 days ago · The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, 29, had pleaded guilty to obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs by threat of force as well as two gun-related ...