A New Jersey teenager was arrested Tuesday morning for allegedly threatening antisemitic attacks against synagogues and Jews earlier this month, prompting the FBI to issue a warning of a broad, wide-scale threat to synagogues across the Garden State.
Omar Alkattoul, 18, is charged with transmitting a threat in interstate and foreign commerce, a federal crime punishable by a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, the Department of Justice said.
The investigation into Alkattoul, a Sayreville resident, began with a search of his iPhone on Nov. 4, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday in Newark federal court.
