Current:Home > InvestWhite supremacist pleads guilty to threatening jurors, witnesses in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial-DB Wealth Institute B2 Reviews & Ratings
White supremacist pleads guilty to threatening jurors, witnesses in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial
lotradecoin market analysis tools View Date:2024-12-25 16:28:14
A West Virginia man has pleaded guilty to threatening jurors and witnesses in the federal hate crime trial of a gunman who fatally shot 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.
Hardy Carroll Lloyd, 45, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal charge of obstruction of the due administration of justice, the Justice Department said.
As part of his plea deal, prosecutors have asked that he be sentenced to 78 months in prison, the maximum he could receive under federal sentencing guidelines.
According to prosecutors, Lloyd admitted to making online threats against jurors and witnesses in the federal trial of Robert Bowers, who was convicted in June of 63 counts in the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue. In August, a judge sentenced Bowers to death based on the recommendation of the jury.
Lloyd was arrested about a week after the sentencing. According to an affidavit, he wrote threatening posts on social media and websites, and also sent emails to the jury and witnesses during the trial.
Prosecutors said he described himself as the self-proclaimed "reverend" of a "white supremacy movement."
"Hardy Lloyd attempted to obstruct the federal hate crimes trial of the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. "His guilty plea underscores that anyone who attempts to obstruct a federal trial by threatening or intimidating jurors or witnesses will be met with the full force of the Justice Department."
Under the plea deal, Lloyd admitted that he intentionally selected the targets of his threats "due to the actual or perceived Jewish religion of the witnesses and the Bowers victims."
On Oct. 27, 2018, the shooter entered the Tree of Life synagogue during Saturday morning services armed with an AR-15 rifle and three handguns and opened fire. Along with the 11 people killed, another seven were wounded.
- In:
- Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Trial
- Antisemitism
- Pittsburgh
- Tree of Life
veryGood! (994)
Related
- How a small group of nuns in rural Kansas vex big companies with their investment activism
- Golden Globes 2024 Nominations: All the Snubs and Surprises From Taylor Swift to Selena Gomez
- Hilary Duff pays tribute to late 'Lizzie McGuire' producer Stan Rogow: 'A very special person'
- Doctor and self-exiled activist Gao Yaojie who exposed the AIDS epidemic in rural China dies at 95
- NASA still hasn't decided the best way to get the Starliner crew home: 'We've got time'
- Derek Chauvin's stabbing highlights security issues in federal prisons, experts say
- At least 3 killed after fire in hospital near Rome
- Tylan Wallace goes from little-used backup to game-winning hero with punt return TD for Ravens
- How you can get a free scoop of ice cream at Baskin Robbins Wednesday
- Northeast under wind, flood warnings as large storm passes
Ranking
- 'Business done right': Why the WWE-TNA partnership has been a success
- Jury trial will decide how much Giuliani must pay election workers over false election fraud claims
- Pressure mounts on Hungary to unblock EU membership talks and funds for Ukraine
- Shohei Ohtani free agency hysteria brought out the worst in MLB media. We can do better.
- Alabama lawyer accused of sexually assaulting handcuffed inmate, lawsuit says
- Rare Raymond Chandler poem is a tribute to his late wife, with a surprising twist
- Cambodia’s leader holds talks in neighboring Vietnam on first visit since becoming prime minister
- Watch Hip-Hop At 50: Born in the Bronx, a CBS New York special presentation
Recommendation
-
Collin Gosselin Says He Was Discharged from the Marines Due to Being Institutionalized by Mom Kate
-
Florida man dies after golf cart hits tree, ejecting him into nearby pond: Officials
-
Guyana agreed to talks with Venezuela over territorial dispute under pressure from Brazil, others
-
Snow blankets northern China, closing roads and schools and suspending train service
-
'Business done right': Why the WWE-TNA partnership has been a success
-
LeBron James Supports Son Bronny at USC Basketball Debut After Health Scare
-
Bronny James ‘very solid’ in college debut for USC as LeBron watches
-
What did you Google in 2023? ‘Barbie,’ Israel-Hamas war are among the year’s top internet searches