A Denton man was sentenced to two years in federal prison Tuesday for threatening a Jewish organization in an online message. Anthony Hammer, 34, pleaded...
Feds say Denton man with neo-Nazi beliefs sent threats to Jewish organization
A search of Hammer’s Denton home turned up numerous shirts and hats displaying Nazi and antisemitic messages and symbols, court records show. Agents also seized assault rifles, body armor, a riot shield, a spear, a sword and other weapons. Other threats Hammer made were taken into consideration during his sentencing, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Texas said.
Hammer admitted that in 2020, while he was in Florida, he made multiple calls to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s office and when staff refused to put him through to the governor, he threatened to kill Wolf and his staff, prosecutors said.“Hammer believed he could promote his malicious agenda by making threats to kill and to disrupt business activity,” U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston said in a written statement. “That’s why he is going to jail and being punished.
Hammer’s arrest coincided with a sharp increase in antisemitic threats, intimidation and hate crimes. The ADL reported almost 700 hate crimes against Jews in 2020. The organization said it also received reports that year of more than 2,000 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism targeting Jews.
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