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Man Sentenced for Gun Possession, Antisemitic Threats

9/26/2025

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Hassan Yehia Chokr, 38, was sentenced to 34 months in federal prison for illegal firearm possession after antisemitic threats outside Temple Beth El on December 2, 2022.
He pleaded guilty to felon in possession and to attempting to buy guns in Dearborn.
State ethnic-intimidation charges are set for October 14; U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon Jr. condemned the violence.

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Story summary

Hassan Yehia Chokr, 38, was sentenced to 34 months in federal prison for illegal firearm possession after antisemitic threats outside Temple Beth El on December 2, 2022.
He pleaded guilty to felon in possession and to attempting to buy guns in Dearborn.
State ethnic-intimidation charges are set for October 14; U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon Jr. condemned the violence.