NORTH TEXAS (WBAP/KLIF News ) – A judge in the Eastern District of Texas sentenced a Denton man to two years in federal prison this week for sending threatening messages to the Anti-Defamation League, a New York-based Jewish civil rights organization.
34-year-old Anthony Joseph Hammer pleaded guilty on May 3, 2022 to interstate communication of a threat and was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard A. Schell.
Court records show Hammer sent the threats through the organization’s website’s contact page.
In his message, Hammer stated the following: “Come and find me. Come after me. Come hunt me down. This is me. This is really me. All of my info. I will kill all of you Zionist pigs. 4th reich soon.”
Prosecutors said he was already under investigation for threatening calls made to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s office.
According to prosecutors, Hammer made seven calls to the office requesting to speak to the Governor.
When staff members refused to put him through to the Governor, Hammer allegedly repeatedly threatened to kill Wolf and his staff members.
The judge in the ADL case considered this conduct while calculating Hammer’s appropriate sentence in the Eastern District of Texas.
“Threatening to harm others by using phones, computers or mail is a federal crime and taken very seriously,” said U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston. “Hammer believed he could promote his malicious agenda by making threats to kill and to disrupt business activity. That’s why he is going to jail and being punished. Others who do the same will have the same fate.”
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