Monsey Stabbing

The man accused of a stabbing spree at a rabbi’s home last Hanukkah is mentally unfit to stand federal trial on hate-crime charges, a judge ruled Monday.

Josef Neumann has died three months after a deadly stabbing attack that left him in a coma, community officials say.

The man accused of stabbing five people with a machete during a Hanukkah celebration in Monsey last month pleaded not guilty to federal hate crime charges at his arraignment on Monday. The federal indictment charged Grafton Thomas with five counts each of attempting to kill victims based on their religion and obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs by attempting…

The family of one of the stabbing victims of Saturday’s attack against the Jewish community in Rockland County gave an emotional update on his condition Thursday morning, saying that although the prognosis is grim they are praying for his recovery. They also urged the public to stand up against hate. Seventy-two-year-old Josef Neumann was one of five people stabbed...

As authorities continue their search for the exact motive of a stabbing at a rabbi’s home in Monsey, the attorney for the suspect says Grafton Thomas had a long history of profound mental illness and hospitalization. In a news conference at his office Monday, attorney Michael Sussman said Thomas’ personal papers showed “the ramblings of a disturbed individual” but...