David Aryeh Epstein, 39, and Chaim Baruch Rubin (identified as “R” in a post earlier today on FailedMessiah.com), 32, allegedly forced a recalcitrant husband to grant his wife a get (Jewish religious divorce) by beating him and shocking him with a stun gun on his fingers and genitals.
2 Haredim Arrested For Get Extortion, Kidnapping
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
Two haredi men were arrested earlier today on kidnapping and extortion charges, the APP reported.
The pair – David Aryeh Epstein, 39, and Chaim Baruch Rubin (identified as “R” in a post earlier today on FailedMessiah.com), 32 – allegedly forced a recalcitrant husband to grant his wife a get (Jewish religious divorce) by beating him and shocking him with a stun gun on his fingers and genitals.
Epstein is a son of Rabbi Mendel Epstein, who was arrested along with nine other men on similar charges last fall.
Rubin is the founder of Lakewood, New Jersey's Shomrim street patrol. He was arrested in 2006 for allegedly trying to bribe police.
If convicted, Rubin and David Aryeh Epstein face possible life in prison along with a $250,000 fine.
Both men were arraigned today and released on $500,000 bail with home detention and electronic monitoring.