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(Jewish Group) Pennsylvania man charged with making online threats against Jews and other minorities
Federal charges have been levied against a Pennsylvania man for posting online threats against Jews and other minorities.
Corbin Kauffman, 31, posted a threatening image on a social media website on March 13, 2019, that featured a digitally created image of his arm and hand aiming an AR-15 rifle at praying Jewish men gathered in what looks like a synagogue, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
He used various aliases online to post hundreds of anti-Semitic, anti-black and anti-Muslim messages, images and videos, U.S. Attorney David Freed said.
Kauffman, of Lehighton, was charged earlier this week with interstate transmission of threats to injure the person of another.
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