An Alaska man has been indicted for sending hundreds of messages threatening to kill and torture members of the US Supreme Court and their relatives, federal prosecutors in Anchorage announced.
In an indictment filed on Wednesday, prosecutors allege that Panos Anastasiou, 76, began sending over 450 messages in March 2023 intended for six of the justices, as well as two of their family members. In January 2024, those messages allegedly began “to convey threats of harm.”
“The messages contained violent, racist, and homophobic rhetoric coupled with threats of assassination via torture, hanging, and firearms, and encouraged others to participate in ...
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