Rabbinical students found hiding ‘inside a hole’ refused to leave illegal synagogue tunnel despite NYPD orders: court docs
Four rabbinical student busted in a tunnel under a historic Brooklyn synagogue were found hiding “inside a hole” in a wall they’d damaged — then refused to get out despite the cops’ orders, according to court documents.
Dov Bear Shenhav, 20; Shmuel Malka, 19; Blumenfeld Yerachmiel, 20; and Henachem Mulakando, 19 were each charged with obstruction after they were finally dragged out of their hidden home under the famed Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights.
Mulakando and Yerachmiel were also charged with criminal mischief for allegedly destroying the synagogue wall right in front of the cops.
“Yerachmiel was using a crowbar to remove wood panels, and defendant Mulakando was removing wood panels with his bare hands,” the complaint read.
Sources said the renegade students started the fly-by-night big dig because they wanted to expand the synagogue’s sanctuary, but higher-ups were dragging their feet.
https://nypost.com/2024/01/10/metro/students-found-hiding-inside-hole-at-illegal-synagogue-tunnel/