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Federal Complaint Unsealed in Brooklyn Chabad Headquarters Ramming Case

Federal prosecutors now lead a case that stems from a January ramming at the Brooklyn headquarters.

FILE - A person watches the scene where a car slammed into the entrance of the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters, Jan. 29, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, file)
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Members of the Hasidic Jewish community gather 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 on Jan. 29, 2026.
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Overview

  • Dan Sohail, 36, is charged with intentionally damaging religious property and was taken into federal custody for arraignment before U.S. Magistrate Judge Clay H. Kaminsky in Brooklyn.
  • The complaint alleges he moved protective barriers and drove into the side entrance five times during a memorial event, knocking the door off its hinges.
  • No injuries were reported, and the federal count carries a maximum penalty of three years in prison if convicted.
  • He was previously arrested by NYPD and charged by state prosecutors with multiple hate crimes; records show he has been jailed on the state case with a March 31 court date and was temporarily released to U.S. Marshals for the federal hearing.
  • Motive remains unsettled in public filings and accounts, with references to claimed Jewish heritage, interest in conversion, and family-reported mental‑health concerns.