(Detroit Free Press) A Dearborn man charged in an antisemitic attack at a historic synagogue in Bloomfield Township remained in custody Monday afternoon after a magistrate set a bond of $1 million at an arraignment where the suspect shouted derogatory and anti-Jewish remarks at the magistrate.
A police detective revealed new details in court during the arraignment, saying that witnesses said the suspect, Hassan Yehia Chokr, 35, told them they were going to die. And a review of records in Wayne County and 19th District Court in Dearborn indicate he has had past troubles with the law, including an ongoing case of an assault with a dangerous weapon and assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer in a separate incident two years ago that has a pretrial hearing set for Dec. 6 in Wayne County.
