 A self-described white supremacist was arrested by federal agents on Thursday for sending threats to the jury and witnesses at the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter's trial. Hardy Carroll Lloyd, 45, was taken into custody by FBI agents at his home in Follansbee, West Virginia. Lloyd is accused of making 'threatening social media posts, website comments, and emails' towards jurors and witnesses at the trial of Robert Bowers, the gunman responsible for the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in American history. Bowers was found guilty and sentenced to death for the hate crime last week. A courtroom sketch artist depicts Robert Bowers before a jury recommends a death sentence for the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting (Picture: AP) 'Jury trials are a hallmark of the American justice system and attempts to intimidate witnesses or jurors will be met with a strong response,' US Attorney William Ihlenfeld said. 'The use of hateful threats in an effort to undermine a trial is especially troubling.' Additionally, the Justice Department said Lloyd was responsible for a campaign to place anti-Semitic stickers and posters around Jewish areas of Pittsburgh. Investigators used cell phone records and license plate readers to determine Lloyd was in the Pittsburgh neighborhoods at the same time as the stickers were placed, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. In the public posts and comments he made prior to his arrest, Lloyd called Robert Bowers 'a hero' and any juror who voted for his conviction an 'anti-white criminal.' Memorials are placed for the victims of at the Tree of Life synagogue after the shooting in 2018 (Picture: EPA) In his more violent posts, Lloyd called for a 'lone wolf' to target Jews and even shoot up the Taylor Swift concert that was occurring at Pittsburgh's Acrisure Stadium in June, according to posts obtained by the Po){kind=link}
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A self-described white supremacist was arrested by federal agents on Thursday for sending threats to the jury and witnesses at the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s trial.
Hardy Carroll Lloyd, 45, was taken into custody by FBI agents at his home in Follansbee, West Virginia.
Lloyd is accused of making ‘threatening social media posts, website comments, and emails’ towards jurors and witnesses at the trial of Robert Bowers, the gunman responsible for the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in American history.
Bowers was found guilty and sentenced to death for the hate crime last week.