Midtown syringe stabbing suspect charged with federal hate crimes – NBC New York
A Brooklyn lady accused of stabbing two males with a syringe in midtown Manhattan now faces federal hate crime fees.
The suspect, Anna Mochalova, was arrested Saturday after she allegedly adopted a person wearing conventional Hasidic Jewish clothes within the Diamond District on Oct. 21, then cornered him and jabbed him with a needle, in accordance with a previous legal grievance.
Shortly after, she attacked one other man who was sporting a yarmulke, investigators stated. The 32-year-old Mochalova additionally approached a 3rd man and requested if he was Jewish, however when he stated he was Muslim, she apologized and walked away.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Lawyer for the Southern District of New York charged the Brighton Seashore resident with hate crimes in connection to the alleged assaults.
Mochalova beforehand pleaded not responsible to native fees of second-degree assault and second-degree menacing as hate crimes, in addition to aggravated harassment and weapon possession. Lawyer data for Mochalova was not instantly obtainable.
Surveilance video reveals the attacker simply to the suitable of a sufferer as they stand close to a automotive within the Diamond District (Picture obtained by NBC New York)
