Overview
- Donovan Hall, 35, of Mesa, Arizona, pleaded guilty and received a 49‑month federal sentence followed by three years of supervised release.
- Over roughly three months beginning in August 2024, he contacted several Jewish New Yorkers about 1,000 times with threats to torture, rape, and murder them and their families.
- Targets included a Manhattan hotel owner, the owner’s relatives, and hotel staff who received dozens of threatening phone calls.
- Hall texted photographs of two firearms and a machete to a victim, and agents later seized those weapons and ammunition from his residence.
- The guns were unregistered, one was loaded, and statements from the U.S. Attorney’s Office and FBI emphasized that hate‑fueled harassment carries serious federal consequences.