19 June 2007
A New Hampshire man who admitted sending anti-Semitic letters to city officials and clergy has been sentenced to more than six years behind bars. Elijah Wallace, 24, admitted in federal court to mailing eight threatening letters, in which he threatened to either kill or hurt the recipients. They included a pastor, the pastor's daughter and daughter-in-law, and a rabbi. He also threatened city officials in Seabrook, Portsmouth and Brentwood.
After Wallace's sentencing on Thursday, U.S. Attorney Thomas Colantuono said such behavior simply cannot be tolerated. "The fear and trauma that was felt by the victims of this case -- which includes those directly threatened by the letters, members of their families and the Jewish community at large -- is cause for great concern," Colantuono said. In 2003 Wallace pleaded guilty to threatening the US president and was sentenced to three years in a federal medical prison.