Northridge harasser and anti-Semite sentenced to prison

A 35-year-old man who threatened to “exterminate” Jews and Asian Americans and harassed a woman has pleaded guilty to criminal harassment.

June 12, 2024 at 10:41 p.m. PDT

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced Monday to three years and seven months in federal prison for making a series of threats toward a woman while referring to his desire to shoot up synagogues and “exterminate” Jews and Asian Americans.

Andre Lackner, 35, of Northridge, pleaded guilty in January in downtown Los Angeles to one count of stalking, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

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According to court documents, from June 2021 to October 2022, Lackner sent a series of abusive text messages to the victim. In these messages, Lackner made a series of anti-Semitic remarks, including: “Hitler was right about you,” “I want to see every Jew exterminated from this Earth,” “Would you like to celebrate the next synagogue shooting?” and “I will make sure to kill a Jew before I leave this Earth.”

Lackner also sent the woman several racist statements against Asian Americans, including “We need to start more Asian hate and eliminate 'Asians' from the planet too,” according to court documents.

The text messages sent by Lackner to the victim caused her to reasonably fear death and serious bodily injury to herself or a member of her immediate family, according to court documents.

Lackner has been in federal custody since December 2022.

“My office will remain committed to fighting hate and working to unite our community,” Martin Estrada, the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, said in a statement when Lackner pleaded guilty. “We must hold accountable those, like this defendant, who make vile, anti-Semitic and racist threats that make victims fear for their lives. I applaud law enforcement for acting decisively to intervene and protect the victim.

The victim's name has not been released.

City press service