OC Man Threatened To 'Kill All The Jews And The Children': Authorities

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA — A Huntington Beach man faces charges after he threatened police, an elected official and several synagogues in North Carolina, according to authorities.

Kevin Dunlow, 62, was arrested Friday on federal charges of sending a threat to harm or kidnap a person and knowingly making false reports about bombs, authorities said.

Dunlow told a rabbi, “I am coming to the Temple to kill all the Jews and the children,” according to the U.S. Department of Justice, which reported that Dunlow also made a false bomb threat to the sheriff’s office in Wake County, North Carolina. On May 7, Dunlow said that, “Jews didn’t deserve to live. Jews didn’t deserve to be on this earth. I’m going to kill the Jews.”

“Hate-fueled, violent threats endanger the safety of individuals and entire communities,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a news release. “The Justice Department will prosecute anyone who makes illegal threats motivated by antisemitism or bias of any kind.”

The charges were brought in the Eastern District of North Carolina, according to the department. If convicted, Dunlow faces five years in prison for each charge, authorities said.