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Temple Shooting: 28-Year-Old Federally Charged After Gunshots At NY Synagogue
The man accused of opening fire at a New York synagogue on the first day of Hanukkah has been federally charged.
Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, age 28, of Schenectady, appeared in Albany federal court on Friday, Dec. 8, where he was arraigned on one count of unlawfully possessing a firearm.
According to the criminal complaint, Alkhader approached Albany’s Temple Israel, located on New Scotland Avenue, at around 2 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7 armed with a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun.
He then fired the weapon twice into the air, prosecutors allege.
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Bridgeport Man Admits To Committing Robberies In Stratford, New Haven
A convicted felon is facing life in prison after admitting to a pair of robberies in Connecticut, federal officials announced.
Latrell Moore, age 32, of Bridgeport, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty before US District Judge Jeffrey Meyer in New Haven to robbery and firearm offenses, US Attorney Leonard Boyle announced on Thursday, March 31.
Specifically, Moore pleaded guilty to:
Hobbs Act robbery;
Brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a robbery;
Bank robbery;
Unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
Boyle said that on Aug. 5, 2019, Moore committed an armed …
