Man Federally Charged After Firing Shotgun Outside Jewish Temple in New York

A 28-year-old Iraqi-born U.S. citizen accused of firing a shotgun into the air outside a synagogue in New York was federally charged on Dec. 8, authorities said. Mufid Fawaz Alkhader of Schenectady, New York, was arrested a short distance away from Temple Israel—a synagogue in Albany—after he twice fired a Kel-Tec KS7 12-gauge pump-action shotgun, according to a statement released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of New York. Mr. Alkhader was charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, a charge federal prosecutors said was related to his admitted use of marijuana. If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison, up to 3 years of post-imprisonment supervised release, and a maximum fine of $250,000....