Woman arrested for death threats to parents of Sandy Hook victim

8 December 2016, 3:45 pm

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A Florida woman is charged with making death threats to the parents of a Jewish boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut.

Lucy Richards, 57, is indicted in federal court in southern Florida on four counts of threats against Len Pozner, the father of 6-year-old Noah.

This Nov. 13, 2012 photo provided by the family via The Washington Post shows Noah Pozner. The six-year-old was one of the victims in the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. on Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Family Photo) — Six-year-old Noah Pozner was one of the victims in the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Family Photo)

According to a statement issued yesterday by the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, she made the death threats because she believed that the school shooting was a hoax and never happened.

Richards called Pozner on the phone and said: “You gonna die, death is coming to you real soon,” according to the federal indictment, CBS Miami reported. She also said: “Death is coming to you real soon and there’s nothing you can do about it.”

If convicted, Richards could be sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in prison.

— JTA