Cops nab suspect in anti-Muslim incident outside Bay Ridge mosque
A suspect has been arrested in connection with a frightening anti-Muslim incident that took place outside a Bay Ridge mosque during a Ramadan prayer service, police said.
Chaim Weiss, 19, who lives in Borough Park, was arrested on Aug. 6 and charged in connection with the disturbing incident in which he allegedly drove up to the front of the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge at 6807 Fifth Ave., in a car festooned with Israeli flags and blared Hebrew music over a loudspeaker while Muslim worshipers were inside reciting prayers for Ramadan.
The incident took place during the early morning hours of July 20, police said.
Weiss was arrested inside the 68th Precinct station house at 333 65th St., at 8:50 p.m. on Wednesday, according to Det. James Duffy, a Police Department spokesman. The arrest was made by detectives from the Police Department’s Hate Crime Task Force.