High-risk sex offender chases Jewish student at knifepoint, snarls ‘Hail f–king Hitler’: cops
The menace, later identified as Devin Best, 48, approached the 24-year-old victim at Park Place and Brooklyn Avenue in Crown Heights and began cursing at and threatening him, according to authorities.

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- Primary source: NY Post
- Published: Sep 24, 2026, 7:10 PM UTC
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