{"id":322618,"date":"2026-08-16T17:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T17:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322618\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T17:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T17:40:09","slug":"hate-crime-charges-filed-after-man-disrupts-manhattan-synagogue-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322618\/","title":{"rendered":"Hate crime charges filed after man disrupts Manhattan synagogue service"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 46-year-old Bronx man was promptly arrested and charged with hate crimes<\/a> after he disrupted a Shabbat service at a Manhattan synagogue<\/a> and hit two people.<\/p>\n

Larry Montes faces two counts of assault as a hate crime and one count of criminal mischief as a hate crime, among other charges, New York City Police Department<\/a> Commissioner Jessica Tisch said<\/a> late Friday. The incident unfolded at Central Synagogue in New York City<\/a> that night.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs synagogue security was escorting him out, he struck a member of the congregation, damaged synagogue property, and then spit at and headbutted a member of the security team,\u201d Tisch said in an earlier statement<\/a>. \u201cAn NYPD sergeant working a paid detail at the synagogue immediately stepped in and took the individual into custody.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have spoken with the rabbi of the synagogue, and I\u2019m relieved that no one was seriously injured,\u201d she added. \u201cThose who were hurt were evaluated at the scene and are doing well. There are no known additional threats at this time, and additional NYPD resources have been deployed to the synagogue. The investigation is ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other officials, including Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a> and Gov. Kathy Hochul<\/a> (D-NY), swiftly denounced the antisemitic attack.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur administration will always stand against bigotry in all its forms. We will use every tool at our disposal to confront antisemitism and keep Jewish New Yorkers \u2014 and all New Yorkers \u2014 safe,\u201d Mamdani posted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened at Central Synagogue tonight is appalling,\u201d Hochul wrote<\/a>. \u201cJewish New Yorkers have every right to worship openly, proudly, and without fear.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following the incident, police officers were deployed to the synagogue for security as Shabbat services continued into Saturday.<\/p>\n

MAMDANI CALLS HIS NETANYAHU COMMENTS \u2018OBJECTIVE FACTS\u2019 WHEN ASKED IF THEY CONTRIBUTED TO RISING ANTISEMITISM<\/a><\/p>\n

Though Mamdani has condemned antisemitism, his rhetoric on Israel<\/a> and its leaders has been politically charged. Ofir Akunis, the consul general of Israel in New York<\/a>, blamed the mayor for the city\u2019s latest antisemitic incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe attack at Manhattan\u2019s Central Synagogue is a direct result of Mayor Mamdani\u2019s sustained campaign of incitement. I warned that words would turn into actions, and that is exactly what is happening,\u201d Akunis said<\/a>. \u201cMamdani has failed to protect New York\u2019s Jews. It is not enough to issue lukewarm condemnations. Action is needed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 46-year-old Bronx man was promptly arrested and charged with hate crimes after he disrupted a Shabbat service…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[3862,303,75,84,83,9,24,63,103,3286],"class_list":["post-322618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-antisemitism","tag-crime","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-police-and-law-enforcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}