ADL welcomed the news that an Indiana man was recently sentenced to two years in prison for making violent threats against ADL, including the ADL Mountain States region. ADL thanked the Department of Justice for prosecuting the perpetrator and for the agency’s commitment to protecting Jewish people and organizations from antisemitic threats.

According to a statement released by the Department of Justice, Andrezj Boryga, 67, pleaded guilty and was sentenced on July 23, 2024, to 24 months in prison and two years of supervised release for willfully transmitting in interstate commerce threats to injure other people and for choosing his victims because of their religion.

According to the records filed in the case, between July 9 and Dec. 14, 2022, Boryga left voicemails at Anti-Defamation League offices located in Colorado, New York, Texas, and Nevada. Boryga used antisemitic slurs on eight voicemails as he threatened to assault or kill Jewish people.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland issued the following statement on the sentencing:

“Hate-fueled threats of violence seek to fracture our society and isolate communities from one another. This defendant made heinous, repeated violent threats targeting Jewish people and organizations. His actions were not just heinous, they were unlawful. This case represents the latest effort by the Justice Department to combat the disturbing increase in threats against Jews and Jewish institutions across the United States that we have seen in the wake of October 7th. We will continue to aggressively investigate and prosecute threats and acts of violence motivated by antisemitism and by hatred of any kind.”