{"id":56370,"date":"2024-05-24T16:08:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T23:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56370"},"modified":"2024-05-24T16:26:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T23:26:22","slug":"california-woman-sentenced-to-prison-for-making-anti-semitic-threats-to-former-executive-director-of-tree-of-life-synagogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=56370","title":{"rendered":"California Woman Sentenced to Prison for Making Anti-Semitic Threats to Former Executive Director of Tree of Life Synagogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv9651767293Default\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>MIAMI\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9651767293Default\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7857 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo-289x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo-289x300.png 289w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FBI-Logo.png 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/>Melanie Harris, 59 of Riverside, California, was sentenced Thursday to two years and eight months in prison for making anti-Semitic threats against a Jewish family, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9651767293Default\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Harris pleaded guilty to knowingly and intentionally transmitting a threatening communication in interstate commerce, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9651767293Default\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">U.S. District Judge Roy K. Altman sentenced Harris during a hearing in Miami.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9651767293MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u201cDefendant Melanie Harris\u2019s anti-Semitic threats terrorized a Jewish family,\u201d stated U.S. Attorney Markenzy Lapointe for the Southern District of Florida. \u201cHer hate-filled telephone calls and voicemails were abhorrent. No one should live in fear of threats, harassment, and hate-fueled violence. &#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9651767293MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56047 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hate-stockpack-adobe-stock-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"hate\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hate-stockpack-adobe-stock-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hate-stockpack-adobe-stock-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hate-stockpack-adobe-stock-850x567.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hate-stockpack-adobe-stock.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>&#8220;Melanie Harris sent threatening communications to a Jewish family using vile and inflammatory language. The nature of her threats of violence towards the victims and their faith were clearly meant to evoke a climate of fear and intimidation. Such conduct cannot be tolerated,\u201d said Jeffrey B. Veltri, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Miami Field Office.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9651767293MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">According to the evidence, on October 3, 2022, Harris placed several calls to Victim 1&#8217;s mobile phone, leaving four distinct threatening voicemails. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56039 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/justice-sign-stockpack-adobe-stock-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Justice sign\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/justice-sign-stockpack-adobe-stock-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/justice-sign-stockpack-adobe-stock-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/justice-sign-stockpack-adobe-stock-850x564.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/justice-sign-stockpack-adobe-stock.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>These communications were made with the intention to convey a genuine threat and with the understanding that they would be perceived as such. Among these voicemails, one from October 3 included the following statement by Harris: &#8220;I&#8217;ll cut your f&#8212;&#8212; head off kiker.&#8221; It&#8217;s worth noting that &#8220;kike&#8221; is a historically recognized anti-Semitic slur directed at individuals of Jewish descent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9651767293Default\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Neither Victim 1 nor his wife, Victim 2, knew the identity of the person (Harris) calling Victim 1 with these threatening and harassing calls and voicemails.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9651767293Default\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Nor did they know where the calls were coming from because Harris concealed her phone number using the *67 feature. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_56372\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56372\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/brown-mallet-on-gray-wooden-surface-stockpack-unsplash-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56372\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/brown-mallet-on-gray-wooden-surface-stockpack-unsplash-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"brown mallet on gray wooden surface\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/brown-mallet-on-gray-wooden-surface-stockpack-unsplash-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/brown-mallet-on-gray-wooden-surface-stockpack-unsplash-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/brown-mallet-on-gray-wooden-surface-stockpack-unsplash-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/brown-mallet-on-gray-wooden-surface-stockpack-unsplash-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, 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href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/9z9fxr_7Z-k?utm_source=Stockpack&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"yiv9651767293Default\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">However, all of these calls originated from the Riverside, California area, where Harris lived at the time, and were received by Victim 1\u2019s phone in the Southern District of Florida.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-1 overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-ghyhv-79elbk h-full\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-ghyhv-1n7m0yu\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-9\">\n<div class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-5\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"py-2 juice:py-[18px] px-3 text-base md:px-4 m-auto md:px-5 lg:px-1 xl:px-5\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto flex flex-1 gap-3 text-base juice:gap-4 juice:md:gap-6 md:max-w-3xl lg:max-w-[40rem] xl:max-w-[48rem]\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 juice:w-full juice:items-end overflow-x-auto gap-3\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"fedee485-f42e-4974-a44d-dbb5dcfcd223\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Both Victim 1 and his wife, Victim 2, were unaware of the identity of the individual (Harris) responsible for the threatening and harassing calls and voicemails received by Victim 1. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Additionally, they were unable to determine the origin of the calls as Harris utilized the *67 feature to conceal her phone number. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Nonetheless, all of these calls were traced back to the Riverside, California area, where Harris resided at the time. They were received on Victim 1&#8217;s phone located within the Southern District of Florida.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"yiv9651767293MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56040 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/law-and-justice-concept-image-grey-stone-background-stockpack-adobe-stock-300x133.jpg\" alt=\"Law and Justice Concept Image, Grey stone background\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/law-and-justice-concept-image-grey-stone-background-stockpack-adobe-stock-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/law-and-justice-concept-image-grey-stone-background-stockpack-adobe-stock-768x341.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/law-and-justice-concept-image-grey-stone-background-stockpack-adobe-stock-850x377.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/law-and-justice-concept-image-grey-stone-background-stockpack-adobe-stock.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>For over four years, Harris harassed and threatened three victims by making over two-hundred and forty calls to Victim 1, leaving messages and engaging in conversations where she unleashed anti-Semitic hate and direct threats against Victim 1, his family, and Jews in general. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9651767293MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1537 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/LADYJUSTICE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"240\" \/>In these calls and voicemails, Harris made incessant references to the congregants murdered in the October 2018 massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9651767293MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In these calls and voicemails,, Harris repeatedly referred to Victim 3 by their first name, in anti-Semitic and violent terms. Harris also made vile references to Anne Frank being murdered by the Nazis, and Jews going back to Auschwitz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9651767293MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In one voicemail, played for the court at the sentencing hearing, she repeatedly screamed \u201cSeig Heil, Kill Kikers\u201d over and over before hanging up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9651767293MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The fact that Victim 1 had served as the Tree of Life&#8217;s executive director for more than 20 years, Victim 2 had been his wife, and Victim 3, her adult child, had been a long-time member and close associate of the Tree of Life, added to Harris&#8217; four-year campaign of harassment and threats against the victims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9651767293MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Harris prevented Victim 1&#8217;s caller identification system from recognizing her phone number during her calls, leaving the victims in constant fear for their lives up until Harris&#8217;s arrest in March 2023. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9651767293MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">As a result, the victims had no idea who the harasser was or where they might be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9651767293MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In addition, on the same day in February 2019 that Harris began her calls to Victim 1, she also began calling the Tree of Life, leaving virtually identical hate-filled anti-Semitic messages referencing the deaths of the elderly worshippers. <span lang=\"EN\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9651767293MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The FBI&#8217;s Miami Area Corruption Task Force, which also investigates civil rights violations, investigated the case.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI\u00a0 Melanie Harris, 59 of Riverside, California, was sentenced Thursday to two years and eight months in prison for making anti-Semitic threats against a Jewish family, officials stated. 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