North Carolina man arrested over antisemitic threats sent to Jewish leaders, Holocaust memorial
Federal authorities arrested a North Carolina man accused of mailing antisemitic threats to Jewish organizations and leaders, including a Holocaust memorial and officials with the American Jewish Committee and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.Brian Charles was charged with mailing threatening communications, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court.The FBI alleges that Charles mailed the letters from Charlotte, N.C., to recipients in Florida and Washington, D.C., in June and July.The letters included statements such as, “I am going to destroy many Jews” and “Many shall die by my wrath,” according to the complaint.JNS reported exclusively in July that leaders at the AJC and AIPAC had received graphic, handwritten letters containing threats, including at their homes.
An AJC spokesman told JNS at the time that the organization was cooperating with law enforcement.According to the FBI, investigators identified Charles through a latent fingerprint found on the letter sent to AJC Palm Beach.Several envelopes also bore his name and a Charlotte return address.
The complaint says forensic examiners identified a fingerprint belonging to Charles on the AJC letter, while comparisons involving other letters were still pending.The FBI said the Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach received a letter addressed to two members of its board of directors.AJC Palm Beach received another, while an AIPAC executive received letters at a former home address in Palm Beach County and at AIPAC’s Washington office.
Another letter was sent to two U.S.Secret Service protectees at an address in Jupiter, Fla., according to the complaint.Charles previously pleaded guilty in 2018 to five counts of mailing threatening communications in a case brought in New Mexico.
He was sentenced to 542 days in prison and three years of supervised release, which he violated multiple times, according to the complaint.Vlad Khaykin, head of global advocacy at the Simon Wiesenthal ...