Two Charged With Kiryas Joel Kidnapping, Murder Plot
RAMAPO, N.Y. -- A prominent Kiryas Joel rabbi and a Monroe man were charged in New York City with conspiring to kidnap and murder a man in order for his wife to obtain a religious divorce.
Shimen Liebowitz, 25, of Monroe, and Rabbi Aharon Goldberg, 55, of Bnei Brak, Israel, were charged Tuesday in Central Valley, while meeting to plan the kidnapping and murder, said Preet Bharara, U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
“The defendants are charged with a chilling plot to kidnap and murder the intended victim. Over a period of months, the Complaint alleges, they met repeatedly…