MAN GETS 18 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR HARASSING ELDERLY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN
JLH (41) of Dillon, Montana, pleaded guilty in June of 2023 to “making numerous racially-motivated harassing calls to an African American woman employed at a Billings church.”
The guy repeatedly called the woman saying he would contribute to the church if it did not hire African Americans. He is also alleged to have said such things as, “Nobody wants you here.” And despite law enforcement intervention, and an apology from JLH, he continued his misconduct over a 19-month period, leaving voicemails with “racial epithets," and saying such things as, the “world is going crazy because of your black ass race.”
The man is also believed to have “made similar threatening and racially motivated calls to Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the southern United States.”
On October 20, 2023, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison (with a year of supervised release) and ordered to pay restitution of $617.
In a written statement, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich noted that, ““When [JLH], a white man, went to a Billings church looking for help, an elderly African American woman who worked there responded with kindness and assistance. In return and for nearly two years, [JLH] launched a barrage of harassing hateful and racist calls and voicemails at her and the church. His racist conduct isn’t just abhorrent, it is illegal. We are better than this.”
That guy clearly needed it dial it back.
# # #
PRESS RELEASE