DEARBORN (WWJ) - A 35-year-old Dearborn man charged with ethnic intimidation in Oakland County is facing more trouble after agents charged him with lying on federal firearm forms while attempting to buy a trio of weapons.
Hassan Chokr, the man who threatened children and parents outside a Jewish synagogue in Bloomfield Hills on Dec. 2, was once again charged on Thursday in a separate incident on the same day when he allegedly made false claims on a ATF Form 4473 which is required to be filled out prior to purchasing firearms.
According to agents, Chokr was attempting to buy three guns, including a Landor Arms, 12-gauge shotgun; a Del-ton, 5.56mm rifle; and a Glock, 9mm semi-automatic pistol, at a Dearborn gun shop, when he allegedly lied about being previously convicted of a felony in addition to falsely claiming that there were no felony charges currently pending against him.
"However, Chokr was convicted in 2017 of Felony Financial Transaction Device – Stealing/Retaining Without Consent," United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison said in a prepared statement. "He also has a charge of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Felonious Assault) currently pending against him in state court."
Chokr's attempted firearms purchase was denied by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), and the firearms were not sold to Chokr, agents added.
Chokr is currently being held in the Oakland County Jail on a $1 million bond for ethnic intimidation when he allegedly spewed anti-Semitic threats at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Township, located on Telegraph, near 14 Mile Rd.
Agents said the incident at the gun shop occurred later on the same day he allegedly made anti-Semitic comments.
If convicted, Chokr faces a maximum of ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Chokr previously made headlines after he appeared in a Wayne County courtroom last week in yet a separate case and disrespected a judge just one day after an outburst in an Oakland County courtroom.
"I don't know, this guy is really something here," WWJ's Charlie Langton said of the incident. "On Monday he flipped off a judge and then on Tuesday he mooned a different judge"
Langton said the judge -- who had previously released Chokr on that personal bond -- ordered a mental examination which will be done before the trial in that case.
"It looks like there is some need for that as well," Langton stated.