OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
5:18 PM – Monday, August 12, 2024
A 22-year-old former Cornell University student who was detained for making frightening threats of violence against Jews on campus last fall, following Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7th, was given a 21-month prison sentence on Monday.
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Federal authorities accused suburban Rochester, New York, resident Patrick Dai, 22, in October of making threats to shoot and stab Jewish people anonymously on a Greek life forum. The threats alarmed Jewish students during a peak of anti-Semitic vitriol linked to the war.
In April, Dai entered a guilty plea for using interstate communications to post threats to kill or harm someone.
Federal prosecutors announced that Judge Brenda Sannes sentenced him to 21 months in prison and three years of supervised release in federal court.
The judge…
