Colorado man sentenced to almost 20 years in prison for plotting to bomb a historic synagogue
Updated 1:09 PM ET, Sat February 27, 2021
Richard Holzer, seen in this booking photo, has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for plotting to bomb a Colorado synagogue. (CNN)A Colorado man was sentenced to more than 19 years in prison on Friday for plotting to blow up the 119-year-old Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado.
Richard Holzer who self-identifies as a neo-Nazi and White supremacist, according to the Justice Department pleaded guilty last October to federal hate crime and explosive charges for planning to blow up the historic synagogue, the second-oldest in the state.
Colorado man sentenced to almost 20 years in prison for plotting to bomb a historic synagogue
A Colorado man was sentenced to more than 19 years in prison on Friday for plotting to blow up the 119-year-old Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado..
Posted: Feb 27, 2021 8:27 PM
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A Colorado man was sentenced to more than 19 years in prison on Friday for plotting to blow up the 119-year-old Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado.
Richard Holzer who self-identifies as a neo-Nazi and White supremacist, according to the Justice Department pleaded guilty last October to federal hate crime and explosive charges for planning to blow up the historic synagogue, the second-oldest in the state.
Southern Colorado Man Sentenced to More Than 19 Years for Plotting to Blow Up Synagogue Details Written by Justice Department
Denver, Colorado - A Colorado man was sentenced Friday in federal court in Colorado for plotting to blow up a synagogue. Richard Holzer, 28, was sentenced to over 19 years in prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release. Holzer previously pleaded guilty to federal hate crime and explosives charges for plotting to blow up the Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo, Colorado, conduct that constituted acts of domestic terrorism. Holzer told undercover FBI agents that he wanted the bombing to send a message to Jewish people that they must leave his town, “otherwise people will die.”
White supremacist jailed nearly 20 years for plot to bomb Colorado synagogue
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Denver: A man has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for plotting to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue by a judge who described the case as âdripping with Nazism and supremacy.â
Judge Raymond Moore set the 235-month sentence for Richard Holzer, 28, and imposed a 15-year term of supervised release.
Signs, flowers and candles expressing love for the Jewish community stand outside the Temple Emanuel in Pueblo, Colorado after news of the threat emerged in July 2020.
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