A man from Brentwood has been convicted of cyberstalking a New Jersey state court judge.
Jonathan Lipman, 36, was convicted Thursday of one count of stalking, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release.
Between February 2023 and his arrest in September 2023, Lipman sent dozens of threatening emails to the judge.
Officials did not provide the judge’s identity, nor did they shed any light as to a possible motivation for the threats, though there have been noticeable increases in threats against judges and other officials in recent years.
“In addition to voluminous threatening emails to the victim, Lipman also tracked down the victim’s home address and called the victim’s neighbor to stoke fear in the victim,” the release said. “Lipman also left numerous voicemails at the New Jersey courthouse directed at the victim.”
Lipman continued to threaten the judge even after a warning from law enforcement, and over time, his messages “became increasingly graphic and explicit,” prosecutors said.
“For example, in July 2023, Lipman sent the victim multiple emails detailing his graphic depictions of the jurist’s death,” the release said.
Lipman faces up to five years in federal prison when he’s sentenced on Oct. 3.
