Donovan Hall, 35, of Mesa, was sentenced to 49 months in prison on Thursday, Oct. 30, for stalking Jews in New York City and sending more than 1,000 threats to murder and rape them, the U.S. Department of Justice stated in a press release.
Hall “targeted Jewish victims with a sustained campaign of intimidation, terror and harassment,” stated Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. “The approximately 1,000 threats he sent to these New Yorkers were alarming and brazen. The prosecution of this case, and the sentence imposed, make clear that this office will aggressively bring to justice those who perpetrate senseless crimes of hate.”
Over three months, Hall contacted “several” New Yorkers about 1,000 times and “made antisemitic and violent threats to torture, mutilate, rape and murder them and their families,” the Justice Department said. “In particular, starting in August 2024, Hall made dozens of threatening phone calls, many of which were antisemitic in nature, to the Jewish owner of a hotel located in Manhattan, the owner’s family members and hotel staff.” The hotel in question is The Historic Blue Moon Hotel…