Category: California Synagogue Shooting

Ex-Chabad of Poway Rabbi Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison for Tax Fraud

January 4, 2022
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SAN DIEGO—Former Chabad of Poway Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein was sentenced to 14 months in prison on Jan. 4 for engaging in a series of fraudulent schemes, most notably a tax fraud in which supposed charitable donations made to the synagogue were funneled back to donors. Goldstein, 60, was also ordered to pay nearly $3 million in restitution to victims,…

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Poway Synagogue Shooter Set for Sentencing in San Diego Federal Court

December 28, 2021
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SAN DIEGO—A young man who carried out a hate-motivated shooting at the Chabad of Poway that killed one woman and injured three other people is expected to receive a second life sentence in San Diego federal court Dec. 28. John Timothy Earnest, 22, pleaded guilty in parallel state and federal prosecutions for the April 27, 2019, shooting, as well…

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Poway Synagogue Shooter Gets Second Life Sentence in San Diego Federal Court

December 28, 2021
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SAN DIEGO—A young man who carried out a hate-motivated shooting at the Chabad of Poway that killed one woman and injured three other people was sentenced by a San Diego federal judge Dec. 28 to life in prison, plus 30 years. John Timothy Earnest, 22, pleaded guilty in parallel state and federal prosecutions for the April 27, 2019, shooting,…

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