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Jewish News 24 · Oct 19, 2026

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A 22-year-old Queens man has been indicted on hate crime charges for allegedly damaging property outside a Jewish-owned kosher bagel shop displaying Israeli flags on two occasions in May, prosecutors said Monday. Dawood Faisal, of Fresh Meadows, was arraigned Monday on two counts of third-degree criminal mischief as a hate crime in connection with incidents outside Bagels & Co. on Union Turnpike. If convicted, he faces up to seven years in prison. According to the indictment, Faisal knocked over nine metal plant stands outside the store on May 15, spilling dirt and plants onto the sidewalk. He then allegedly threw debris at the shop and its Israeli flags.

A 22-year-old Queens man has been indicted on hate crime charges for allegedly damaging property outside a Jewish-owned kosher bagel shop displaying Israeli flags on two occasions in May, prosecutors said Monday. Dawood Faisal, of Fresh Meadows, was arraigned Monday on two counts of third-degree criminal mischief as a hate crime in connection with incidents outside Bagels & Co. on Union Turnpike. If convicted, he faces up to seven years in prison. According to the indictment, Faisal knocked over nine metal plant stands outside the store on May 15, spilling dirt and plants onto the sidewalk. He then allegedly threw debris at the shop and its Israeli flags.

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