{"id":43112,"date":"2021-06-21T21:17:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T04:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=43112"},"modified":"2021-06-21T21:17:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T04:17:14","slug":"man-sentenced-to-46-months-in-prison-for-racially-motivated-threats-against-black-neighbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=43112","title":{"rendered":"Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Racially Motivated Threats Against Black Neighbor"},"content":{"rendered":"

INDIANA<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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An Indiana man was sentenced last week in federal court for making racially motivated threats to intimidate and interfere with his neighbor who is Black, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Shepherd Hoehn, 51<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shepherd Hoehn, 51, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson to 46 months in federal prison.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Hoehn previously pleaded guilty<\/a>\u00a0to these charges on Feb. 12, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to court documents and statements made during the hearing, on June 18, 2020, a construction crew began working at the direction of Hoehn\u2019s neighbor to remove a tree from the neighbor\u2019s property. <\/span><\/p>\n

Upon learning of the tree removal, Hoehn became angry and took several steps to threaten, intimidate and interfere with his neighbor and the construction workers. <\/span><\/p>\n

Specifically, this is what Hoehn did:<\/span><\/p>\n