ATTLEBORO, Mass. (WPRI) — A judge sentenced a Millis man to 26 months in prison and three years of supervised release for threatening synagogues in two Massachusetts communities.
John Reardon, 60, called and threatened the Agudas Achim Synagogue in Attleboro and the Congregation Etz Chaim in Sharon in January 2024, according to the office of U.S. Attorney General Leah Foley.
“Reardon’s threats to the synagogues included threats to bomb Jewish houses of worship, as well as threats to kill all Jewish people and stomp Jewish babies dead into the ground, among other violent and antisemitic statements,” Foley’s office said in a press release.
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Following his arrest, law enforcement determined that between Oct. 7, 2023, and Jan. 29, 2024, Reardon called the Israeli Consulate in Boston 98 times, making harassing, antisemitic and intimidating statements.
In November, Reardon pleaded guilty to obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs by threat of force, transmitting in interstate commerce a threat to injure a person, and stalking using a facility of interstate commerce…