Hundreds of Emailed Threats to NJ Judges Draw Federal Indictment

A Los Angeles man is accused of emailing hundreds of threatening messages to New Jersey judges and other officials, one including a picture of a shotgun with a winking emoticon.

Jonathan Lipman was indicted Monday in the United States District Court for the Central District of California for allegedly harassing and threatening Garden State judges in an effort to get back at a legal system that imposed a protective order against him after he made threats on Facebook. He’s accused of violating 18 U.S.C. § 875 (c), a federal provision criminalizing threats over interstate communication.

The incident demonstrates how messages ...