Oct 19, 2010
Jury Rejects Entrapment Claim, Convicts 4 in Plot to Bomb N.Y. Synagogues
Four men were convicted Monday of conspiring in 2009 to bomb two New York synagogues and fire missiles at military cargo planes in Newburgh, N.Y. Eight days into deliberations, the jury emerged to confirm that prosecutors had beaten back an aggressive entrapment defense based on an FBI sting and won the convictions of James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams and Laguerre Payen. All four face life in prison when they are sentenced on March 24 by Southern District of New York Judge Colleen McMahon.