Man arrested in e-mail threat case

  • Posted: Friday, July 17, 2009 12:01 a.m.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The FBI has arrested an Alexandria man on charges that he sent e-mails threatening to kill white judges in South Carolina.

Fifty-one-year-old Stephen Rosenberg was arrested Wednesday at his home. He was indicted on July 7 by a federal grand jury in Columbia.

The indictment states that Rosenberg appeared before a federal judge in South Carolina in May in a civil suit Rosenberg has against the United States. Authorities say since then, Rosenberg has sent e-mails to the same judge, including an e-mail that threatened to kill white judges in South Carolina.

The indictment also states that Rosenberg sent an e-mail intended to influence or intimidate the judge regarding his civil case.