Federal authorities charged a Massachusetts man Monday (Jan. 29) with threatening to kill members of the Jewish community and bomb places of worship.
John Reardon, 59, of Millis, Massachusetts, about 32 miles southwest of Boston, was charged with one count of using a facility of interstate commerce, in this case a phone, to threaten a person or place with harm via an explosive.
According to the charging documents, Reardon called Congregation Agudas Achim, a synagogue in Attleboro, Massachusetts, last week and left a voicemail threatening to kill Jews.
“The allegations here about the series of threats Mr. Reardon made against the Jewish community are deeply disturbing and reflect the increasing torrent of antisemitism across our country and rig..