The suspect in the vandalism of a Beverly Hills shul has pleaded not guilty to felony charges that include a hate crime allegation.
Anton Nathaniel Redding, a 24-year-old Pennsylvania native, was charged with breaking into the Nessah Synagogue and “heavily ransacking” the building in the early morning hours of Dec. 14, including unrolling a Torah scroll and crumpling it.
Redding was charged with one felony count each of vandalism of religious property and second-degree burglary, along with the hate crime, KTLA News reported. His bail has been set at $250,000 and he remains in custody, police said. He could face up to six years in prison if convicted.
Read more at Arutz Sheva.
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Why shouldn’t he plead “not guilty”? What does it hurt to drag the court-case longer? They should get Israel’s Shin-Daled to get the truth out of him. – Oh, I forgot. The Shin-Daled only forces the truth out of innocent Jews.