Rep Lee Zeldin Attacker David Jakubonis ‘Rearrested’ Now Held On ‘No-Bail’ Order

MONROE COUNTY, NY. (THECOUNT) — David Jakubonis, the suspect, who had been released without bail shortly after a Thursday attack on Rep Lee Zeldin, has been rearrested on federal charges, according to NYTimes.

Jakubonis, 43, of Fairport, N.Y., appeared in federal court in Rochester on Saturday. He had earlier been charged with attempted assault in the second degree and released from custody, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Under state law, judges have been prohibited since 2020 from setting bail on a nonviolent felony charge of attempted assault.

The federal charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, according to officials. He will be held pending a detention hearing on July 27, according to Barbara Burns, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York.

The attack took place outside a Veterans of Foreign Wars hall near Rochester, N.Y., where Representative Lee Zeldin was holding the first in a series of weekend campaign stops.

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Geo quick facts: Monroe County is a county in the Finger Lakes region of New York, in the United States. The county is along Lake Ontario’s southern shore. As of 2019, Monroe County’s population was 741,770, a decrease since the 2010 census. Its county seat and largest city is the city of Rochester – Wikipedia.