Dion Marsh, 27, is facing several charges including three counts of attempted murder, bias intimidation and carjacking. LAKEWOOD, N.J. - A New Jersey man, who is accused of attacking several members of the Orthodox Jewish community in Lakewood and Jackson earlier this month, is now facing federal hate crime charges.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, 27-year-old Dion Marsh of Manchester has been charged with four counts of violating the federal Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.
Hate Crimes Prevention Act and one count of carjacking. The charges stem from a series of violent incidents that authorities say happened on Apr.
8 in both Jackson and Lakewood townships. Officers from the Lakewood Police Department were called to the area of Martin Luther King Drive and Pine Street for reports of a carjacking.