Suspect in Chabad ramming was trying to ‘connect’ with Jewish community, NYPD says

Workers repair a door outside of the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters, where a man was arrested Wednesday evening after repeatedly crashing his car into a door of the building, which is a gathering place for members of the Hasidic Jewish community.

Police say the man charged with hate crimes had recently attended a social event at the synagogue and returned days later to ram his car into the building five times. [ more › ]