Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a 26-year-old Queens man was sentenced today to two years in prison for a February 2024 antisemitic attack in Hewlett. Bechir Lehbeib, of Jamaica, Queens, pleaded guilty on November 21, 2025, before Judge Colin O’Donnell to one count of Assault in the Second Degree (a D violent felony) and Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree as a Hate Crime (an E felony) in satisfaction of the indictment. The defendant was sentenced today to two years in prison and three years’ post-release supervision. An order of protection was also issued for the victim. “This defendant’s despicable and unprovoked antisemitic attack brought violence and hate to a Hewlett resident’s doorstep,” said DA Donnelly. “No one should ever have

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