DOWNTOWN — Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced that a Long Island Man was sentenced to nine years in prison for attempting to murder a woman by intentionally crashing into her with his car and then ramming into an MTA bus in Downtown Brooklyn.

“This was a chilling, premeditated attack on a woman simply walking down the street. The defendant used his car as a weapon and endangered dozens of other pedestrians on a busy street corner,” Gonzalez said. “Thanks to the quick actions of witnesses and court officers, he was stopped and is now being held accountable for this violent crime.”

The DA identified the defendant as Jason Schaal, 43, of Riverhead, New York. He was sentenced to nine years in prison by Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Jane Tully. The defendant pleaded guilty t

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