A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty in federal court to threatening to kill members of the state’s Jewish community and bomb local synagogues. John Reardon, 59, of Millis, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs by threat of force,

This defendant’s threats to bomb synagogues and kill Jewish children stoked fear in the hearts of congregants," Attorney General Merrick Garland said.