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A maniac who allegedly barged into a Midtown synagogue yelling, “Allahu Akbar” last year wasbusted for the brazen act Wednesday morning when police found him trying to evade a subway fare, law enforcement sources said.
Shear Nobles, 48, of Philadelphia, allegedly stormed into Shuva Israel on East 58th Street during an evening service on July 21, 2025, started recording without authorization and made the disturbing declaration, police said.
Nobles – who had no connection to the synagogue – stood in the main service room during the anti-Semitic spectacle, authorities said.
He fled on foot and had not been caught for more than a year – until keen-eyed cops spotted him trying to catch a free subway ride at Fulton Street in Lower Manhattan, the sources said.
Nobles was ducking under a turnstile when police stopped him, according to the sources.
He was charged with aggravated harassment and disruption of a religious service, cops said.
Nobles has no previous arrests in the Big Apple, but has been arrested for robbery, burglary and retail crime-related offenses dating back about two decades in Philadelphia, the sources said.