Dearborn man, who had illegal guns, threatened Jewish preschoolers, sentenced to 34 months

Hassan Chokr of Dearborn, Mich., who pleaded guilty in May to illegally possessing guns in a store as a felon and who made antisemitic and anti-Israel threats outside a Jewish preschool, was sentenced to 34 months in prison on Wednesday, the U.S. Justice Department said.

Chokr had faced up to 15 years.

“Chokr’s sickening antisemitic threats and his apparent attempt to make good on them with guns are part of an alarming pattern of violence against believers,” stated Jerome Gorgon Jr., interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.

“We will do everything in our power to fight against this hatred and to protect the American family and their right to worship God without fear,” Gordon added.