New York man pleads guilty to hate crime charge for series of anti-Semitic attacks in New York
A man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge of hate conspiracy in a series of anti-Semitic assaults in New York City, prosecutors said.
Saadah Masoud, 29, of Staten Island faces up to five years in prison when sentenced on March 3.
Masoud was arrested in June after authorities said he followed, punched and dragged a counter-protester, draped in an Israeli flag, during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in April near the Israeli consulate in Manhattan.
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Prosecutors say he also admitted to attacking a man wearing a yarmulke in June 2021 and a person wearing a Star of David necklace the previous month.
A Staten Island man faces five years in prison for a series of assaults on Jews in New York.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said Masoud “deliberately targeted three victims because of their religion and country of origin.”
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A message seeking comment has been sent to Masoud’s attorney.
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