Mississippi man accused of creating antisemitic calls to Pennsylvania companies and synagogues

PHILADELPHIA — A Mississippi man was arrested on felony costs accusing him of concentrating on Pennsylvanian synagogues and Jewish-owned companies by calling them — some as many as 15 instances — and making antisemitic threats.

Donavon Parish, 28, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was charged on June 27 with cyberstalking and speaking interstate threats in an indictment unsealed Thursday, the U.S. Division of Justice introduced.

Parish might be sentenced to as much as 50 years in jail and a $2.5 million tremendous if convicted. A protection legal professional wasn’t listed.

Parish used voice-over-internet-protocol know-how to name three companies and three synagogues in April and Might 2022, in response to the indictment. A federal grand jury decided that he deliberately chosen these places due to the perceived and precise faith of the folks there, and made feedback about killing Jews once they answered the telephone.

Parish referred to as one enterprise 15 instances, and one synagogue he referred to as not less than twice additionally housed a preschool and kindergarten, the indictment states.