Jacob Beacher was due for an initial afternoon appearance on federal hate crime charges in U.S. District Court in Newark on April 22. Beacher broke into the CILRU shortly after 2:30 a.m. April 10 ...

Jacob Beacher, 24, was arrested Monday morning and charged with one count of intentional or attempted obstruction of religious practice and one count of making false statements to federal ...

Authorities say on April 10, around 3 a.m., Jacob Beacher, 24, broke into the center and damaged several religious artifacts, including Turbah prayer stones — clay stones on which Muslims lay ...

After breaking into and damaging property at the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University (CILRU) in New Brunswick, New Jersey, a man from New Jersey has been charged with a federal hate crime.

Jacob Beacher, 24, of North Plainfield, now faces up to three years in prison when he is sentenced Feb. 11. He pleaded guilty Wednesday to damaging religious property. Beacher initially was ...

The man, 24-year-old Jacob Beacher, is accused of breaking into the center, damaging several religious artifacts, and stealing a Palestinian flag and charity box. Back in December, Rutgers-New ...

Jacob Beacher, 24, of North Plainfield, was charged with a federal hate crime. "The university always cooperates with regulators and others who recognize that the safety of our students is our top ...

A man accused of vandalizing an Islamic center at New Jersey’s flagship university on the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr has been charged with a hate crime, federal prosecutors announced Monday.