Pennsylvania Man Arrested for Anti-Semitic Threats, Vandalism

A Pennsylvania man was arrested on April 12 for anti-Semitic threats and vandalism.

According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), the man, identified as 30-year-old Corbin Kauffman, is being charged with posting “threatening images and messages on a website called Minds.com on March 7, 2019,” which included “the killing of Jewish people, black people, and Muslim people.” He is also being charged with vandalizing the Chabad Jewish Center in Ocean City, Maryland, with stickers depicting swastikas and Adolf Hitler.

“Pennsylvanians know all too well how dangerous these kinds of white supremacist threats can be,” U.S. Attorney David Freed said in a statement.  “The last thing we want is to see another tragedy like we saw at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, or at Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch, or at Emmanual African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston.  We don’t know what might have happened, but we take these threats seriously, and I commend the FBI for their vigilance and quick action in this case.”

The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) website states that they sent a tip to the DOJ about Kauffman, pointing out that Kauffman’s posts included a picture of himself with an AR-15 the day after the New Zealand mosques terror attack stating, “Let’s get it” under the alias of “KingShekels.” Other posts from Kauffman that the ADL highlighted included calls to “murder your local Judean” and “Gas Jews and murder nigz.”

“I’m thankful to law enforcement for their work & proud of our Center on Extremism for assisting in this arrest of a potentially violent white supremacist,” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt tweeted. “Especially after tragedies in Pittsburgh and New Zealand, we must all be especially vigilant about violent white supremacy.”

I’m thankful to law enforcement for their work & proud of our Center on Extremism for assisting in this arrest of a potentially violent white supremacist. Especially after tragedies in Pittsburgh and New Zealand, we must all be especially vigilant about violent white supremacy. https://t.co/7Ymv8nH9gi

— Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) April 12, 2019

Kauffman faces up to five years in prison for each violation.