Anthony Elonis, 28, of Bethlehem was sentenced Wednesday to almost four years in prison for four counts of interstate communication of threats in connection with postings he made to his Facebook page.
Among the threats that Elonis posted were threats against his wife, Pennsylvania State Police, the FBI, and the Berks County Sheriff’s Department, and against an unidentified kindergarten class in the Bethlehem area.
Threats that Elonis posted included,
“That’s it, I’ve had about enough
I’m checking out and making a name for myself
Enough elementary schools in a ten mile radius to initiate the most heinous school shooting ever imagined
And hell hath no fury like a crazy man in a Kindergarten class
the only question is ... which one?”
U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Stengel also ordered three years of supervised released, ordered Elonis to have no contact with his victims during that time, and to get mental health treatment. Computer monitoring will also be a condition of release.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Among the threats that Elonis posted were threats against his wife, Pennsylvania State Police, the FBI, and the Berks County Sheriff’s Department, and against an unidentified kindergarten class in the Bethlehem area.
Threats that Elonis posted included,
“That’s it, I’ve had about enough
I’m checking out and making a name for myself
Enough elementary schools in a ten mile radius to initiate the most heinous school shooting ever imagined
And hell hath no fury like a crazy man in a Kindergarten class
the only question is ... which one?”
U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Stengel also ordered three years of supervised released, ordered Elonis to have no contact with his victims during that time, and to get mental health treatment. Computer monitoring will also be a condition of release.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.