Oct. 17 (UPI) — A 64-year-old North Carolinian has been arrested and charged after sending death threats last week to a Jewish organization.
Jeffrey Scott Hobgood, of Troy, N.C., is accused of sending the unnamed Jewish organization at least two threatening emails, the first of which was sent Wednesday. In the email, Hobgood said he will “take out every one of you,” according to the criminal complaint.
The second email was sent to the same organization Friday after Hobgood was contacted by law enforcement, whom he told the content of the first email was “none of their business” and that if they didn’t get off his property things would become “dangerous.”
In the second email to the Jewish organization, Hobgood threatened that Jews, whom he called “traitors,” would be publicly executed.
“Guess what happens to traitors?” he said in the email, according to the criminal complaint. “Public execution. We are at war [expletive] and your citizens started it. Guess who’s going to finish it? If you think you semite pieces of [expletive] are going to win, then you are delusional.”
The criminal complaint states that the email included a quote attributed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and “a graphic of headshots of individuals purportedly associated with multiple news media organizations, with stars of David affixed to the upper left-hand corner of each headshot.”
The emails were sent days after a war between Israel and Hamas began Oct. 7, which has resulted in thousands dead.
The conflict has raised concerns in the United States over violence directed at those of Jewish or Palestinian heritage.
On Saturday, a 6-year-old boy was fatally stabbed and his mother, who is Palestinian and originally from the occupied West Bank, was wounded when they were allegedly attacked by their landlord, Joseph Czuba, seemingly because of the mother’s country of origin.
On Oct. 11, the Asheville, N.C., Police Department arrested and charged Michael Patrick Toone, 44, on accusations of sending a series of threatening and anti-Semitic emails to a local synagogue.
Hobgood has been charged with transmitting in interstate commerce a communication containing a threat to injure the person of another, and if convicted he faces a maximum term of five years’ imprisonment and a maximum fine of $250,000.
“No one in America should be threatened based on their race, nationality, religion, gender, or other protected characteristics,” U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina Sandra Hairston said in a statement.
“Individuals who target other community members will be held accountable for their actions.”
Prosecutors on Tuesday also said Hobgood had previously left threatening messages in June 2022 to a family member.
NC State and North Carolina usually battle for in-state recruits up to a certain point, but some consider both schools until the end.
NC State travels to play at North Carolina at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, and this year’s contest has a twist. The Wolfpack will play against former teammates Joshua Harris, a 6-foot-4, 325-pound senior nose tackle, and senior safety Jakeen Harris, who have no relation to each other.
Harris is the starting safety and has 55 tackles, one tackle for loss and three passes broken up. Joshua Harris is on the second string and has 19 tackles, one sack and one forced fumble.
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NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Alyssa Ustby and Lexi Donarski scored 14 points apiece, and Ustby added 14 rebounds to lead No. 16 North Carolina to a 53-36 victory over Villanova in a semifinal game at the Women’s Battle 4 Atlantis on Sunday.
The Tar Heels (5-1) play Indiana in the championship game on Monday. The Hoosiers upset No. 18 Baylor 73-65 in Sunday’s first semifinal.
Ustby made 6 of 8 shots from the floor with a 3-pointer for North Carolina on the way to her first double-double of the season. Donarski hit 6 of 10 shots with a pair of 3-pointers.
Maddie Webber led the Wildcats (4-2) with 12 points on 4-for-7 shooting from beyond the arc. Lara Edmanson pitched in with 11 points and seven rebounds.
The Tar Heels held Villonova’s leading scorer Jasmine Bascoe to two points after she came in averaging 16.6 per game. Bascoe missed all seven of her shots — three from distance — and made 2 of 4 at the free-throw line.
Ustby had seven points and Donarski scored five to guide the Tar Heels to a 17-7 lead after one quarter.
Donarski scored five more in the third quarter to help North Carolina turn a 30-18 lead at halftime into a 44-23 advantage heading to the final period.
North Carolina shot 40% from the floor, made 5 of 17 from beyond the arc (29.4%) and 4 of 6 at the foul line.
Villanova shot 23.5% overall but made 5 of 18 from distance (27.8%) and 7 of 10 free throws.
The Tar Heels scored 15 points off of 21 Villanova turnovers. They turned it over 14 times but it led to only three points for the Wildcats.
North Carolina outscored Villanova 30-14 in the paint and never trailed.
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