Lakewood Shomrim received multiple calls on Monday evening about 22-year-old Maxwell Sanchez chasing and threatening people with a dagger in the area of the Satmar synagogue on Forest Avenue in New Jersey.
NGO StopAntisemitism shared the attacker's identity with their followers on social media. Maxwell Sanders was quickly identified and apprehended.
ARRESTED - 22 year old Maxwell Sanchez was arrested last night after he was seen waving around a massive machete at people outside of a Synagogue on Forest Avenue in Lakewood, NY pic.twitter.com/zPmvBeh2bG
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) March 14, 2023
Multiple Shomrim members responded swiftly to the scene and maintained a visual on the suspect as the Lakewood Police Department was called in.
The suspect was subsequently arrested at gunpoint, and his knife was recovered by law enforcement and taken in as evidence.
MORE FROM THE SCENE: Police can be seen here holding the machete belonging to the suspect who entered the Lakewood Shul.
— The Lakewood Scoop (@LakewoodScoop) March 14, 2023
The machete was located in a puddle, where the suspect dropped it while being chased by several individuals https://t.co/VEf1mNLOi3 pic.twitter.com/aIqBdoxLdK