Police have arrested a man who they say was caught on surveillance video launching a Molotov cocktail at a New Jersey synagogue over the weekend.
Prosecutors on Wednesday said 26-year-old Nicholas Malindretos, of Clifton, New Jersey, is facing a charge of attempted use of fire to damage and destroy a building used in interstate commerce for allegedly throwing a firebomb at the Temple Ner Tamid Jewish Congregation in Bloomfield.
According to court documents, the suspect, later identified as Malindretos, was seen donning a ski mask, gloves and a hooded sweatshirt with an emblem of what appeared to be a skull and crossbones. He lit and tossed the bottle at the front door of the temple before fleeing on foot. "Video cameras in the area where the vehicle was parked captured the vehicle parking and a male individual with the same physical characteristics as Malindretos exiting the vehicle and entering a nearby building," prosecutors said in a news release. "No one should find that their lives are at risk by exercising their faith," U.S. Attorney Sellinger said.
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