(NJ.com) A 19-year-old New Jersey man who threatened to attack a synagogue and Jewish people when he wrote a hate-filled manifesto that led the FBI to issue a rare statewide alert in 2022 has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison.
Omar Alkattoul, of Sayreville, will also be subject to three years of supervised release after he is released from prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Jersey said Tuesday.
“Threatening someone’s life because of who they are or what they believe is simply unacceptable in civilized society,” FBI Newark Special Agent in Charge James E. Dennehy said in a statement Tuesday. “Alkattoul admitted to breaking the laws we enforce to protect our communities from hate and threats of violence. Now more than ever, the FBI and our law enforcement partners need the public’s help reporting anything they see, so the threats don’t turn into physical attacks.”
