A Brooklyn man is facing assault and hate crime charges for allegedly stabbing a Jewish man after making antisemitic statements last week, according to the NYPD.
Armani Charles, 23, was taken into custody Monday evening after a weeklong search, according to the NYPD. Police said they connected him to the Dec. 16 attack on 35-year-old Elias Rosner – a stranger he reportedly confronted near the corner of Kingston Avenue and Lincoln Place in Crown Heights.
Charles allegedly made hateful statements about Jews and the Holocaust before pulling out a knife and stabbing Rosner in the chest, officials said. Rosner was treated at a local hospital and released, and the NYPD sent dozens of additional officers to the neighborhood to look for the suspect…