John Reardon of Millis, Mass., who faced up to 30 years in prison and $500,000 in fines for threatening to kill Jews and bomb synagogues, was sentenced in U.S. district court to 26 months, said the U.S. Justice Department.

The 60-year-old will also have to pay $1,260 to the victims and have three years of supervised release after completing his time in jail, the department said on Thursday.

“All Americans have the right to worship freely and without fear,” stated Leah Foley, U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts. “It is a founding principle of our nation.”

“Jewish people, in particular, have been targeted and persecuted for centuries, and in recent years we have seen a deeply troubling rise in antisemitic threats and violence,” Fley said. “Let me be clear. We will not tole

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