A neighborhood man who threatened to kill Jewish folks and bomb synagogues is dealing with years behind bars.
Millis man John Reardon, 60, was sentenced on Thursday to 26 months in federal jail — adopted by three years of supervised launch. Reardon was additionally ordered to pay $1,260 in restitution to the victims.
Final yr, he pleaded responsible to federal prices in connection to an Attleboro synagogue, a Sharon synagogue, and the Israeli Consulate in Boston.
“Our office will aggressively prosecute anyone who seeks to terrorize our religious communities,” Massachusetts U.S. Legal professional Leah Foley stated in an announcement. “All People have the precise to worship freely and with out concern – it’s a founding precept of our nation. Jewish folks, particularly, have been focused and persecuted for hundreds of years, and lately we’ve got seen a deeply troubling rise in antisemitic threats and violence.
“Let me be clear: we will not tolerate such conduct – not against the Jewish community, nor against any faith community,” Foley added. “Such vile, hate-driven acts will be met with serious and swift consequences, and we will use every tool we have to hold offenders accountable.”
Reardon was initially arrested and charged final yr for calling and threatening two synagogues in Massachusetts and their congregants – Agudas Achim Synagogue in Attleboro, and Congregation Etz Chaim in Sharon.
Reardon’s threats to the synagogues included threats to bomb Jewish homes of worship, in addition to threats to kill all Jewish folks and stomp Jewish infants useless into the bottom, amongst different violent and antisemitic statements.
Reardon additionally stated, “Time to prepare the furnaces again. I hope that you people are wiped off the face of the earth.”
Following his arrest, regulation enforcement realized that Reardon known as the Israeli Consulate in Boston 98 occasions between Oct. 7, 2023 and Jan. 29, 2024, and made harassing and intimidating statements.
For example, Reardon made a variety of antisemitic feedback laced with expletives.
“What John Reardon did is despicable,” stated Ted Docks, particular agent in control of FBI Boston. “Spurred by deep-rooted hate, he relentlessly threatened violent, bodily hurt to members of the Jewish group in higher Boston, spanning two congregations in two totally different cities, in addition to the Israeli consulate.
“This sentence holds him accountable for his insidious crimes and should be a warning to others: the FBI takes all threats to life seriously and so should anyone thinking about making one. Don’t,” he added.
After Reardon pleaded responsible to federal prices final November, he was launched on circumstances regardless of the feds’ objections. Then, Reardon violated the circumstances of his pre-sentence launch.
Particularly, he allegedly known as and threatened to hurt an worker of RightSpace Self Storage in Upton. Reardon allegedly instructed the worker he was going to “(expletive) him up” and threatened to explode the ability.
State prices for these alleged crimes stay pending. Reardon additionally allegedly contacted the storage facility once more after being instructed by the probation workplace not to take action.
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