Dion Marsh, the Manchester, NJ, man who went on a murderous anti-Jewish terror spree in Lakewood and Jackson, has been charged with federal hate crimes by the U.S. Justice Department. Marsh had already been facing multiple counts of attempted murder, bias intimidation, terrorism, and other charges. The following is a release from the Justice Department regarding the additional charges added to Marsh’s list of offenses: An Ocean County, New Jersey, man was charged with federal hate crimes for a spree of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish community in and around Lakewood, New Jersey, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Dion Marsh, 27, of Manchester, New Jersey, is charged with four counts of violating the federal Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act and one count of carjacking. With respect to the hate crimes violation, Marsh is charged with willfully causing bodily injury to four victims, and attempting to cause them injury with a dangerous weapon, because they were Jewish. Marsh is charged with attempting to kill one of those victims after he stabbed the victim in the chest. Marsh is in custody on related state charges and will make his initial appearance on the federal charges on a date to be determined. According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court: At 1:18 p.m. on April 8, 2022, Marsh forced a visibly identifiable Orthodox Jewish man out of his car in Lakewood, assaulting and injuring him in the process. Marsh took control of the man’s car and drove away. A surveillance video in the area captured Marsh arriving in the area prior to the carjacking and assault. At 6:06 p.m., Marsh was in Lakewood driving a different car when he deliberately struck another visibly identifiable Orthodox Jewish man with the vehicle, attempting to kill the victim and causing him to suffer several broken bones. At 6:55 p.m., Marsh, once again driving the vehicle that he had stolen from the first victim, attempted to kill a another visibly identifiable Orthodox Jewish man. Marsh used the stolen vehicle to deliberately strike the man, who was walking in Lakewood. Marsh got out of the vehicle and stabbed the man in the chest with a knife, causing the victim to suffer a stab wound and other injuries. At 8:23 p.m., Marsh, still driving the vehicle that he had stolen from the first victim, used it to deliberately strike another visibly identifiable Orthodox Jewish man who was walking in nearby Jackson Township, New Jersey, attempting to kill the man and causing him to suffer several broken bones and internal injuries. At approximately 12:00 a.m. on April 9, 2022, law enforcement officers arrested Marsh at his residence. The three hate crimes violations charging Marsh with attempting to kill those victims each carry a statutory maximum term of life in prison and a $250,000 fine. The hate crime violation charging Marsh with assaulting the other victim carries a statutory maximum term of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The carjacking charge carries a statutory maximum term of 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

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