Complex sentence: While living in Brooklyn, Helbrans was convicted and sentenced to spend 14 years in prison for kidnapping a boy who had been sent to study with him in preparation for his Bar Mitzva but instead persuaded the boy to reject his family and join the zealous Hassidim.
Split into simpler sentences: While living in Brooklyn, Helbrans was convicted and sentenced to spend 14 years in prison for kidnapping a boy. The boy had been sent to study with him in preparation for his Bar Mitzva, but instead he persuaded the boy to reject his family and join the zealous Hassidim.