15-year-old Deandre Edwin Charles has been arrested for the 2014 murder of Chabad Rabbi Yosef Raksin. Charles was only 14 when he went on a robbery spree in the North Miami Beach area. On Saturday August 9 he saw Raksin, who was walking to synagogue on Shabbat morning.
Above: Rabbi Yosef Raksin
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15-Year-Old Arrested For Murder Of Chabad Rabbi
Shmarya Rosenberg • Failedmessiah.com
15-year-old Deandre Edwin Charles has been arrested for the 2014 murder of Chabad Rabbi Yosef Raksin, WSVN reported this morning. Charles was only 14 when he went on a robbery spree in the North Miami Beach area. On Saturday August 9 he saw Raksin, who was walking to synagogue on Shabbat morning.
Charles tried to rob Raksin but, because it was Shabbat Raksin had no money or other things of value in his pockets, and Charles allegedly shot him.
Charles, who is charged with first degree murder, has been indicted by a grand jury and will be tried as an adult.
Raksin, who lived in Brooklyn, was visiting his daughter and her family in North Miami Beach at the time of the murder.
A news conference about today’s arrest with Raksin’s family and the Miami-Dade State Attorney, Katherine Fernandez, is scheduled for at 2:30 pm EST.
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