New Jersey Man Arrested For Threatening to Kill Federal Judge

Oct. 19, 2020, 9:57 PM UTC

A man who threatened to kill a federal judge in New Jersey and expose the judge’s home address was arrested Sunday, the federal prosecutor’s office said.

New Jersey resident William Kaetz, 56, sent a threatening messages to the home address and personal email of a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey. He faces criminal charges.

Kaetz claimed the judge was “stonewalling” his case, called them a “traitor,” said being a traitor “has a death sentence,” and threatened to ...

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