Crime & Safety
Nassau Man Indicted For Placing Threatening Calls: Nassau DA
Jacob Burbar is accused of using anti-Semitic slurs in voicemails to a Florida politician, prosecutors said.
MINEOLA, NY — A West Hempstead man has been indicted on aggravated harassment as a hate crime, prosecutors announced.
Jacob Burbar, 60, pleaded not guilty on Thursday.
"This defendant allegedly targeted an elected official in Florida after seeing videos posted on Instagram about the Hamas/Israel conflict and left several messages on her office voicemail with anti-Semitic slurs and horrific threats of violence against the legislator and her family," said Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly.
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An order of protection was also issued. Burbar is due back in court on May 1. If convicted, he faces up to four years in prison, prosecutors said.
Donnelly said that according to indictment, on November 11, Burbar allegedly called a Florida House of Representatives member's office and left five voicemails. In the voicemails, Burbar allegedly used numerous slurs and anti-Semitic language, as well as threatened to kill the legislator and her children.
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"There is no excuse for spewing vitriol, targeting a person for their ethnicity, or threatening children," Donnelly said.
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