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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Ex-con shot rabbi's son over $5: cops 

An ex-con mugged and shot a rabbinical student and son of a prominent Brooklyn rabbi for a measly $5, sources said yesterday.

Baruch Halberstam, 25, was outside his home on South Ninth Street in Williamsburg on Aug. 10 when Jaquan Vaughn, armed with a gun, and another thug allegedly approached him and demanded money.

Halberstam, a father of four, fought back and was shot once in the stomach during the struggle. He remains hospitalized in stable condition from his wounds.

Vaughn and an accomplice swiped the paltry sum and sped off in a white van, sources said.

A witness gave a description of the vehicle to cops, who later found it. Officials then lifted a print off the van and allegedly traced it to Vaughn, who had been on parole for robbery.

The suspect, arrested Friday, confessed to shooting and robbing Halberstam, sources said.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/ex_con_shot_rabbi_son_over_cops_oQztbWSqFLzV3NkGidE15N

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