Please Be Aware
On Wednesday, Edward Owens, Jr. was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison pursuant to his online, antisemitic threats directed at a local public official. He was also charged with making false statements to the FBI relative to weapons possession. We are grateful for the diligent work of the FBI and US Attorney’s office and all who were involved in making this sentencing happen.
A Franklin Regional School District senior was not permitted to participate in graduation ceremonies because of an antisemitic quote that he had printed under his senior picture in their yearbook. The quote referenced a slogan commonly associated with Holocaust conspiracy theories.
So far in 2026 we have logged 121 incidents in our Virtual Command Center which is in comparison to 150 at this time last year. Please continue to report any suspicious incidents via the Incident Report Form.
Security Matters in the News This Week
- Unrepentant Ohio man cuts plea deal for papering Squirrel Hill with antisemitic flyers (triblive.com)
- Petition, fundraiser launched for man accused of antisemitic vandalism, bomb-making (jewishchronicle.com)
- White supremacist claims ‘Jews didn’t like what was on the flyer’ (jewishchronicle.com)
- NY case sheds light on alleged Iran-linked terror campaign targeting Diaspora Jews (timesofisrael.com)
- NYU student charged with hate crimes over swastika flag (msn.com)
- Man charged with hate crime in window-smashing at synagogue (abqjournal.com)
- London antisemitic attacks rise by 70% compared to previous month (jpost.com)
- New Jersey man charged with planning ISIS attack on synagogue (jns.org)
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