Man gets six months in jail for vandalizing an Islamic center at Rutgers University
- A New Jersey man was sentenced to six months in jail for vandalizing the Islamic Center at Rutgers University during Eid-al-Fitr.
- Jacob Beacher pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime for damaging religious property, which involved a Palestinian flag.
- The estimated damage from the incident was $40,000, and Beacher will serve one year of supervised release after jail.
- The break-in at the Center for Islamic Life occurred around 2:40 a.m. When the site was unoccupied.
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Vandal who smashed up Rutgers Islamic center gets 6 months in prison
The New Jersey man who vandalized the Rutgers Islamic center last year was sentenced on Wednesday to six months in prison. Jacob Beacher, 25, was also fined $19,345 and will be placed under supervised release for one year after he gets released, reported the Central New Jersey Home News Tribune. Beacher, a North Plainfield resident, had been out on bail despite pleading guilty in October 2024 to the federal hate crime of destroying religious pro…

Man gets six months in jail for vandalizing an Islamic center at Rutgers University
A New Jersey man has been sentenced to six months in jail for breaking into a Rutgers University Islamic center on the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr and vandalizing it.
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