Accused Monsey stabber not mentally fit to stand trial, federal judge rules
Source: JTA
The suspect in a stabbing attack at a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York, that left an elderly man dead has been deemed not mentally fit to stand trial by a federal judge.
The ruling released Monday found that Grafton Thomas currently cannot assist in his own defense because he is suffering from a mental disease.
U.S. District Judge Cathy Siebel in White Plains wrote that Thomas, 37, should be committed to a treatment facility for no more than four months to determine if he can reach “the capacity to permit criminal proceedings to go forward against him,” The Associated Press reported.
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Police who searched Thomas’ home after the attack found handwritten journals that they say expressed anti-Semitic views, including references to Adolf Hitler and ‘Nazi culture.’ He also had searched online on his cellphone for “German Jewish Temples near me” and “Zionist Temples” in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and on Staten Island.
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