Federal authorities on Tuesday arrested a man who allegedly threatened to kill an Eastern District of New York judge and bomb the courthouse in Brooklyn.
In several anonymous letters and telephone calls beginning late last month, 19-year-old Wazir Khan of Queens said he would kill U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie for putting his brother in jail, authorities alleged.
The letters said Dearie would be killed by the end of the month, "just like Atlanta," a reference to the recent shooting death of a state court judge by a man on trial for rape.
Khan was seen crying in the courtroom Tuesday before he was arraigned around noon before Magistrate Judge Cheryl L. Pollak, who ordered him held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
He'll be crying for a long time, as he faces 10 years and a $250,000 fine. Details here from Tony Mauro of New York Law Journal via Law.com. (via How Appealing)