Yesterday, an Indiana federal district court sentenced 67-year-old Andrezj Boryga to 24 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release after Boryga pleaded guilty to transmitting antisemitic threats in interstate commerce. According to a Justice Department press release:
... [B]etween July 9 and Dec. 14, 2022, Boryga left voicemails at Anti-Defamation League offices located in New York, Texas, Colorado, and Nevada. Boryga used antisemitic slurs on eight voicemails as he threatened to assault or kill Jewish people.
Yesterday a New Jersey federal district court sentenced 29-year-old Dion Marsh to 40 years in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release after Marsh pleaded guilty to committing a series of violent assaults on visibly identifiable members of the Lakewood, New Jersey, Orthodox Jewish community. According to a Justice Department press release:
[Marsh] pleaded guilty... to ... five counts of violating the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act and one count of carjacking. With respect to the Shepard Byrd Act violations, Marsh admitted to willfully causing bodily injury to five victims and attempting to kill and cause injuries with dangerous weapons to four of the victims because they are Jewish.
