US Student Gets 21 Months In Prison For Threatening Jewish Classmates

Patrick Dai pleaded guilty to one felony count of making threats and was sentenced to 21 months in prison and three years of supervised release.

A former Cornell University student was sentenced to 21 months in prison on Monday for threatening Jewish classmates.

Patrick Dai, who was suspended by the Ivy League school in Ithaca, New York, posted the threats anonymously on an online campus bulletin board three weeks after the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

Dai pleaded guilty to one felony count of making threats and was sentenced to 21 months in prison and three years of supervised release by District Judge Brenda Sannes in Syracuse, New York.