NJ man sentenced to 40 years in prison for 2022 spree of violent antisemitic attacks

A New Jersey man was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison and five years of supervised release for a spate of attacks on Orthodox Jewish men in Lakewood, New Jersey in April 2022.

Dion Marsh, 29, pleaded guilty before US District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi in February to five counts of hate crimes and one count of carjacking. He admitted to “willfully causing bodily injury to five victims, and attempting to kill and cause injuries with dangerous weapons to four of them, all because they were Jewish,” said a statement from the US Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey. In January, Marsh also pleaded guilty to one state charge of terrorism.

Lakewood is a fast-growing city in central New Jersey with a large haredi Orthodox population, and is home to Beth Medrash Govoha, the largest yeshiva outside of Israel.

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