{"id":1891,"date":"2026-06-17T14:40:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1891"},"modified":"2026-06-17T14:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:40:48","slug":"trump-dojs-bid-to-keep-suspected-synagogue-vandal-behind-bars-yields-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1891","title":{"rendered":"Trump DOJ\u2019s Bid To Keep Suspected Synagogue Vandal Behind Bars Yields Fruit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche intervened in New Mexico federal court\u00a0to keep<\/span>\u00a0a man accused of smashing windows of two Jewish properties in Albuquerque jailed until his trial.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Blanche signed a Monday arguing Rex Crofton, 25, should be kept in jail until trial because he poses\u00a0a risk to the public due to his mental state, threats of violence and access to firearms. A federal magistrate Crofton be remanded to federal custody after a detention hearing Tuesday.<\/p>

Crofton\u2019s increasingly racist and erratic behavior concerned his friends and family, some of whom he threatened, according to text messages and statements included in court records. In a memorandum to the court signed by Blanch and First Assistant United States Attorney Ryan Ellison, prosecutors said Crofton \u201chas already shown himself to be willing to escalate from hateful speech to destructive action.\u201d<\/p>

Crofton had access to multiple firearms, according to court records, and is scheduled for an Extreme Risk Firearm Protection hearing in New Mexico district court on Wednesday.<\/p>

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\u201cFortunately, no one was injured in the charged incidents,\u201d stated Blanche\u2019s memorandum. \u201cHowever, the defendant\u2019s past actions, his violent speech, and his access to weapons indicate that he has the desire and ability to engage in conduct that could harm many people. Due to his current mental condition, even the strictest conditions of release could not mitigate these dangers.\u201d (RELATED: Synagogue Attacker\u2019s Brother Was Hezbollah Commander, Israel Claims)<\/strong><\/p>

Before leaving his parents\u2019 house prior to the attacks on June 2, Crofton allegedly said he was \u201cgoing to go kill Jews.\u201d Prosecutors noted that according to Crofton\u2019s family, \u201cit was not uncommon for him to make these types of statements.\u201d He had been diagnosed with bipolar and multiple personality disorders in the past, and his family supported his detention pending trial, Blanche\u2019s letter states.<\/p>

Text messages to undisclosed individuals included in the filing show several examples of Crofton making antisemitic statements before the alleged attacks. \u201cI\u2019m a diaper proud Nazi,\u201d Crofton wrote in one text, according to prosecutors, before correcting it to \u201cI\u2019ma die a proud Nazi.\u201d<\/p>

Another text to a family member read: \u201cHitler was not bad. He believed ever [sic] person should have their own land. Own beliefs and THEIR OWN BANKING SYSTEMS. He didn\u2019t hate Jews. He had them in his cabinet. He hated zionists. There\u2019s no proof he killed any Jews in gas Chambers.\u201d<\/p>

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Two days before the alleged attack, he wrote in a long screed to an unnamed individual: \u201cGet right with your rabbi\/This Sunday could be fantastic\/I was planning on taking out a synagogue too.\u201d (RELATED: Leading Democrat Senate Candidate\u2019s Ex-Staffer Charged For Alleged Pro-Hamas Vandalism)<\/strong><\/p>

\u201cI\u2019m already intending on throwing my life away on Saturday so make a police report if I see one I\u2019m just going to kill a bunch of Jews and then I\u2019ll find you,\u201d he continued.<\/p>

Another line flagged by prosecutors read: \u201cI\u2019ve lived a brilliant life and I\u2019m happy to die with killing Jews it will come full circle[.] And then I will even eclipse you guys more cuz I will be remembered for everything I did including killing Jews and you will be nothing in the history books no one will remember you.\u201d<\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>

Court documents describe Crofton driving to Congregation Albert Synagogue in the afternoon of June 2, where he smashed the front windows of the facility with a crowbar then \u201cflipped off\u201d the synagogue, according to a witness. He then drove to the Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque approximately eight minutes away where he attempted to break the bulletproof glass at the entrance, alarming the facility enough to send emergency closure notification to parents whose children were attending programming at the center, according to .<\/p>

The FBI surveilled Crofton\u2019s listed address when he left the next morning, \u201cFBI personnel followed Crofton in their vehicles but lost him,\u201d court records state. Agents asked the owner of the house where Crofton was living to call him with assurances of safety, and she convinced him to surrender. Albuquerque police placed him in custody when he returned.<\/p>

After his arrest, he was transferred to federal custody last Thursday.<\/p>

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